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and hay they would eat, but limited to 2.66 pounds of cottonseed meal 

 and 5.77 pounds of ground milo maize. 



PLACING CATTLE ON FEED 



The cattle were in dry lots throughout the test, and they could 

 not receive anything that they were not given. The daily allowance 

 of feed was given the steers in two feeds, one in the morning after 

 8 A. M. and the evening feed from 4 to 6 P. M. From the outset, 

 the animals receiving hay and silage were given all of these feeds they 

 would consume. The first week all the cattle receiving cottonseed 

 meal were given one pound per head daily; the second week this 

 amount was increased to two pounds; and after the third week they 

 were given three pounds per head daily. The steers in Lots V and 

 VI were given four pounds of thrashed ground milo maize per head 

 daily the fii-st week, five pounds the second, and six pounds through- 

 out the rest of the experiment. 



CHANGES IN FEEDS 



From January 9 to February 14the sorghum was the Goose Neck 

 and Honey Drip varieties. This sorghum was cut somewhat green 

 and produced silage that was sour and not so good in quality as the 

 silage used after February 14. After this time the silage was from 

 Orange Cane sorghum. This was riper, sweeter, and had more grain 

 than the sorghum previously fed. The steers preferred this silage to 

 the varieties fed up to this date. 



Beginning March 15 the cattle were given corn silage made from 

 Mexican June corn and a small amount of cowpeas. The steers did 

 not eat this silage with as much relish as the sorghum silage previously 

 used. They seemed restless, nosed over the silage, ate a few bites, 

 and then moved around the corral. A few days were required for 

 them to change to the corn silage, which they eventually ate with 

 relish. 



Thrashed ground milo maize was fed from January 9 to February 

 29 covering a period of 51 days. Beginning March 1 hegari that had 

 been thrashed and then ground was supplied the animals until the 

 end of the test. In discussing the results "milo maize" is used, but 

 it should be remembered that hegari replaced the milo maize after 

 March 1. No difference was observed in the palatability or feeding 

 quality of these two grains. 



