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July twenty-third; grain fed was equal parts of bran, oats, and "calf-food;" 

 whole amount consumed to July twenty-third, grain 279 pounds, hay 98 

 pounds; weaned in July. 



SHORTHORN STEER HOLT. 



Calved December 17, 1885; bred by Michigan Agricultural College; sire, 

 Col. Acomb 2d, No. 37984, A. H. B.; dam, Hela V, a very moderate milker; 

 castrated December 28, 1885; fed with cow up to May 3, 1886; treated 

 exactly like steer Homer. 



DEVON STEER LATITUDE. 



A. D. R. 3750, calved March 23, 1886; bred by H. W. Calkins, Allegan, 

 Mich., an in-bred calf; sire, Charles (2014); dam, Snow Bloom (4600); 

 second dam, Factory Girl (4596). Snow Bloom (4600) was sired by 

 Charles (2014); castrated July 6, 1886. Latitude was taken from dam 

 third day and fed new milk for ten days. After he was two weeks old he 

 was fed from three to four quarts of creamery skim-milk twice per day. 

 The milk stood twenty-four hours before feeding. Latitude reached col- 

 lege by express June 22, 1886. He was donated to the college by Mr. 

 Calkins. Weight June twenty-fourth, 170 pounds. 



JERSEY STEER ROSCOE. 



Calved August 27, 1885; bred by Michigan State Agricultural College; 

 sire, Bobby Roscoe, No. 10497, A. J. C. C. R.; dam, Idyl of Cedar Vale I, 

 No. 11896, A. J. C. C. R. Roscoe was fed five pounds of new milk twice 

 daily, gradually decreasing until January 7, 1886, when he was fully 

 weaned. Fed milk one hundred and twenty -two days; amount consumed, 

 1,259 pounds; was not turned out of stall during first fall. Up to January 

 twentieth he had consumed fifteen pounds bran, fifteen pounds oat meal, 

 ten pounds oil meal or forty pounds grain and five pounds hay. January 

 twentieth began feeding three pounds daily of equal parts of bran, stock 

 food, and oat meal. Castrated October 13, 1885; weight January twen- 

 tieth, 252 pounds. February twenty-third Roscoe consumed daily ration 

 of three and a half pounds hay and three and a half meal as above. 

 Total hay, 165^ pounds; grain, 165^ pounds; weight, 306 pounds. Febru- 

 ary twenty-third substituted oil meal, old process, for the stock food. June 

 tenth was put in experimental barn and fed night and morning, and then 

 turned out to pasture. 



JERSEY STEER POTTER. 



Calved February 25, 1886; bred by L. B. Potter, Lansing, Mich.; sire, 

 Saginaw 2d, A. J. C. C. R.; dam, Louisa Countess, A. J. H. B. Potter was 

 fed a scanty supply of new milk during the first month; then a scanty 

 supply of skim milk, with oil meal added, until sent to the college, May 

 28, 1886. June fifth was castrated, and June fifteenth turned to grass and 

 fed night and morning eight pounds of milk and one pound oat meal, 

 daily. 



