No 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGUlOULTURE. 



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Jt was observed eailv in the expei-iinent that Lot No. 3 was not 

 consuming so nuuli corn stover per thousand pounds of live weight 

 of animal as eilhei' of (he other two lots, yet it did not seem ad- 

 visable at that time to change the amount given them. Thus, it 

 was noticed that the steers that were turned out to water once a 

 day corresponded (piile closely in the consumption of corn stover 

 to a similar lot of the pi'evious experiment. The amount of hay 

 and stover offered each lot and the amount refused are shown below, 

 as well as a similar statement of the previous experiment. 



Amounts of Hay and Stover Consuiaed hy each Animal of each Lot. 



13 



s 



3 



C 

 o 



41 

 % 



m 



^3 



Lot I, 



Experiment Nc. 1, 1S99-1&00: 



Lot I, 



Experiment No. 2, ISOO-l&Ol: 



314 

 288 



180 



313 

 215 

 156.5 



The animals that were turned out in the yard to water each day 

 did not consume roughage as readily as those that were supplied 

 with water from automatic watering basins. 



It will be noticed that Lots Nos. 1 and 2 refused less hay and 

 stover than Lot No. 3; also, that in both experiments Lot No. 1 

 refused the least hay and stover, that Lot No. 2 refused more and 

 Lot No. 3 refused the most in both instances. In all cases the hay 

 and stover that were not consumed were removed from the mangers 

 and weighed. Practically none was thrown from the mangers and 

 w^asted bv the steers. It is true that in 189D and 1900, the three 

 lots were not given quite the same amounts of hay and stover, 

 although the diit'ereuce in the amounts given was not great, and 

 it should be noticed that the lots that consumed the least were 

 given the least. 



Weights and Gains. 



In the case of nearly every animal, the increase in weight 

 throughout the experiment showed considerable variation, as 

 seen in the table of weights. This is no doubt due chiefly to 

 the amount of water retained in the system at the time of 

 weighing. In each case, the weight was taken at nine o'clock 

 A. M., and after the water had been withheld for about sixteen hours. 



