No. 6 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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It was observed early in the experiment that Lot No. 3 was not 

 consuming so much corn stover per thousand pounds of live weight 

 of animal as either of the other two lots, vet 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 quite closely in the consumption of corn stover 

 to a similar lot of th>>" previous 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 Consumed by Each Animal of each Lot. 



Lot I, 



Experiment No. 1, 1S99-1800: 



Lot I, 



Experiment No. 2, 1900-1901: 



314 



288 

 ISO 



313 

 215 

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The animals that were turned out in the year to w^ater 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 Xos. 1 and 2 refused less hay and 

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

 refused the least haj^ 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 

 wasted by the steers. It is true that in 1899 and 1900, the three 

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

 although the difference 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 through- 

 out 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 

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