The Bulletin. 



KIND OF STEERS USED. 



The steers used in this work were purchased in the western or beef 

 cattle producing section of this State. They were classed as 900-pound 

 feeders. When taken from the pasture in the mountains they weighed 

 slightly under 920 pounds per head. The steers were an average grade 

 of 900-pound feeders usually secured in this State, there being a moder- 

 ate variation in weight and quality. When the cattle were divided these 

 qualities were apportioned equally in each of the two lots fed cotton-seed 

 hulls and corn silage. The cattle were dehorned grade Shorthorns, and 

 reasonably uniform in weight, quality, and condition at the beginning of 

 the feeding experiment. 



SHELTER AND WATER SUPPLY. 



The cattle were fed in a closed barn with a lean-to shed on the south 

 side, as shown in the illustration. Each of the stalls, including both the 

 bam and shed portion, was twenty feet wide and twenty-six feet long. 

 The feed troughs extended entirely across the end of the stalls adjacent 

 to the alleyway, making two and one-half feet of feeding space for each 



Fig. 4. Barn in Which Steers Were Fed; 



steer. Both the steers and the manure were kept under cover the entire 

 time except during the preliminary period in which the steers were left 

 in the pasture during the daytime. The only exposure was the small 

 amount of open space at each end of the shed and on the south side of 

 same where water was provided. 



The water was furnished from that collected from the barn roof and 



from a well, from which it was pumped by a gasoline engine. The cattle 



had water before them at all times. This is a very important matter 



both for the farmer and the experimental worker. Cattle fed cotton- 



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