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weight at that time, 350 pounds; weight at 7^ months, 575. June 16, '86, 

 reached college farm. 



SHOKTHORN STEER HOMER. 



Calved November 25, 1885; bred by State Agricultural College, Lansing, 

 Michigan; sire. Col. Acomb 2d, No. 37984, A. H. B.; dam, Hebe 2d; 

 suckled dam — a good milker; castrated December 28, 1885. 



February 10 began to eat a little meal and hay with dam. May 3 turned 

 to grass with dam and brought up nights and fed. May 18 was left on grass 

 — not fed meal. June 1 taken from cow and put in the experimental barn ; 

 turned to dam night and morning and feed grain daily, two pounds twice a 

 day. June 10, three pounds once a day, and two pounds once a day. June 

 19, three pounds night and morning to July 23 ; grain fed was equal parts of 

 bran, oats, and ''calf-food;" whole amount consumed to July 23, 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. VV. Calkins, Allegan, 

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

 2d dam, Factory Girl (4596). Snow Bloom (4600) was sired by Charles 

 (2014); castrated July 6, '86. Latitude was taken from dam 3d 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 

 24 hours before feeding. Latitude reached college by express June 22, 1886. 

 He was donated to the college by Mr. Calkins. Weight June 24, 170 pounds. 



JERSEY STEER ROSCOE. 



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

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

 No. 11896 A. J. C. C. R. Roscoe was fed 5 pounds of new milk twice 

 daily, gradually decreasing until January 7, '86, when he was fully weaned. 

 Fed milk 122 days; amount consumed, 1,259 pounds; was not turned 

 out of stall during first fall. Up to January 20 he had consumed 15 pounds 

 bran, 15 pounds oat meal, 10 pounds oil meal or 40 pounds grain and 5 

 pounds hay. Jan. 20 began feeding 3 pounds daily of equal parts of bran, 

 stock food and oat meal. Castrated October 13, '85; weight January 20, 252 

 pounds. February 23 Roscoe consumed daily ration of 3^ pounds hay and 3^ 

 meal as above. Total hay, 165^ pounds; grain, 165^ pounds; weight, 306 

 pounds. February 23 substituted oil meal old process for the stock food. 

 June 10 was put in experimental barn and fed night and morning and then 

 turned out to pasture. 



