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As shown above, it required 79.0 hours of actual labor of one man 

 to attend to ten animals of Lot No. 1, and 93.3 hours of labor to care 

 for six animals of Lot No. 3 tluit were kept in stalls and turned out 

 to water once each day. If this proportion is used to deterniitie 

 the amount of labor required to care for ten animals in stalls, it will 

 be seen, as shown in the above table, that steers in pens furnished 

 with automatic watering basins required about one-half as much 

 time of the attendant to properly care for them as was required to 

 attend to the same number of animals kept in stalls and turned out 

 in a yard to water. The stalls were cleaned out each day and the 

 box stall was cleaned out twice during the experiment. The follow- 

 ing table is taken from Bulletin No. 67, which gives the ditlerence in 

 time required to care for the three lots of animals which were 

 kept under similar conditions as those described in the preceding 

 pages : 



Time of One Man Required for Attendance. 



In this experiment each lot consisted of five animals, which un- 

 doubtedly made the lots too small to note the greatest difference 

 in the time of attendance. 



Bedding Required. 



It has been maintained that there is a saving in bedding when 

 the animals are kept in large pens or yards. The question of 

 saving bedding is oftentimes of considerable importance. In some 

 localities, where large quantities of straw are available, it is de- 

 sired to make use of the largest amount that can be used profit- 

 ably. On the other hand, where there is a scarcity of bedding 

 material, it is oftentimes desirable to care for the animals in such 

 a manner that the least amount of bedding will be required. 

 Throughout this feeding experiment a strict account was kept of the 

 weight of the bedding material. Straw was used exclusively. This 

 was weighed out in large sacks and a record kept of the number of 

 sacks used for each pen. At the close of the experiment, it was 

 found that the same number of pounds was used per animal in each 

 lot. The use of straw was left to the judgment of the feeder. He 

 determined how much was necessary to keep the animal clean and 

 comfortable. 



