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all were either Hereford, Shorthorn or Angus grades. 

 The steers varied Ironi one to two years of age. The 

 average weight of each animal at the beginning of the 

 experiment was 584 pounds. 



Generai. Pean of the Work. 



The steers were fed under average farm conditions. 

 The feeding test was conducted on the farm of 

 Judge B. M. xVllen, at Allonville, Alabama. Judge Allen 

 furnished the cattle and the feeds, and the experiment 

 •was planned and carried on under the supervision of 

 the authors of this bulletin. Mr. E. Gibbens had per- 

 sonal charge of the cattle throughout the experiment. 



The feed lots were located in a cedar grove. The 

 cedar trees gave all the protection the steers had dur- 

 ing the experiment. The lots had a southern exposure 

 and were well drained. The manure was hauled out 

 of the lots ever}' few days. No bedding was used, but 

 the lots were drv enough so the steers could lie down 

 comfortably. Pure water from a deep well was kept 

 before the steers at all times. Rock salt was kept in 

 the feed troughs continually. 



The steers were fed twice each day. The concen- 

 trates and roughage were mixed thoroughly by hand 

 in the feed troughs. The amount of feed was regulated 

 so that it was consumed in a few hours. At the close 

 of the experiment the steers were shipped, with sixty 

 head used in other experiments, to the market in St. 

 Louis, Missouri. 



Price and Character of Feeds Used. 



The prices used in this bulletin are the prices ac- 

 tually iKiid for (he steers. The corn silage was made 

 on the farm. The silage corn would have yielded 

 twenty-five bushels of corn per acre. All of the feeds 

 were of good (]ualily. The corn silage was bright. 

 The cottonseed meal was fresh, bright and of a high 

 grade. The velvet beans were well matured and of 

 a good (piality. 



The prices of feeds are as follows: 



Cottonscfd meal .'?3r).00 i)er ton 



VeKot Ijeans in pod ■- 18.00 per ton 



Corn silage 2.50 per ton 



Me'IJIOI) of h^EEDlXC. AND HANDLING THE StEERS. 



As stated before, some of the steers were raised on 

 the farm at Allenville and the remainder were bought 

 in Marengo and neighboring counties in the spring and 



