DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. 



STEER FEEDING. 



Experiments in steer feeding begun last year have been con- 

 tinued, following the same general plan, with a view to deter- 

 mining the comparative merits of feeding alfalfa alone and 

 feeding it in combination with more carbonaceous materials, 

 such as sorghum and grain hay. 



The bunch of steers used in the experiments reported last 

 year were carried through two more experimental periods. The 

 first of these was preliminary to the second. During this period, 

 from September 5 to October 9, the eight steers were all fed alike 

 on alfalfa pasture and mixed barley and alfalfa hay, 10.6 lbs. of 

 hay per day being eaten by each steer. Under this treatment the 

 animals in Dot I made an average gain of 1.49 lbs., each, per day, 

 and those in Lot II, 1.21 lbs. 



PASTURE AND ALFALFA HAY VS. PASTURE AND WHEAT HAY. 



The second period referred to above was one of nine weeks, 

 from October 9 to December 11, during which Dot I was fed al- 

 falfa hay and Dot II wheat hay, in addition to alfalfa pasture. 

 The results are given in the following table : 



SUMMARY. 



For seventeen weeks during this series of experiments 

 alfalfa was fed against wheat hay or sorghum, to animals on 



