264 MISSOURI AGRICI'LTURAL REPORT. 



The second trial was made with the same class of cattle. Each 

 steer was fed six pounds of corn per day which amounted to .344 

 bushels of corn for each lot during the experiment. The gains were 

 as follows : 



j Gains per day 

 Roughness. I per steer. 



Timothy hay , 1 . 00 pound. 



Clover hay 2.00 



Millet hay 0.37 



Sorghum hay ] . 52 



Clover hay and corn fodder 1 1.35 



As in other trials clover fed alone or Avith corn fodder gave ex- 

 cellent results. The surprising feature of this experiment is the very 

 poor showing made by millet and sorghum even when compared with 

 timothy. Although there seems to be no reason for doubting the 

 accuracy of these results, yet the station managers hardlv feel safe 

 to reach definite conclusions as to the feeding values of these hays 

 from the results of a single experiment. 



INFLUENCE OF SHELTER ON GAIN OF STEERS, 



A series of experiments have been carried on to test the value of 

 a warm shelter for feeding purposes. The results were as follows ; 



(i) Two lots, one in a barn and one in open shed. The open 

 shed lot ate 145^ bushels more corn and one-fourth ton more hay 

 and gained 0.25 pound more per day per steer than the lot in the 

 barn. 



(2) Three lots were used ; one in the barn, one in open shed 

 and one in open lot. Those in open shed ate 193^ bushels more corn 

 and a little less hay and gained 245 lbs., or a daily gain per steer of 

 0.45 pound, more than those in the barn. Those in the open lot ate 

 the same amount of corn and hay as those in the barn and gained 

 240 pounds, or 0.44 pound per day per steer, more. 



(3) In this trial those in the open lot ate one bushel less corn 

 and one-fifth of a ton more hay than the lot in the barn and grained 

 8 pounds, or a daily gain per steer of 0.2 pound, more. Those in rlie 

 open lot ate seven bushels less corn and the same amount of hay and 

 gained 42 pounds more than those in the barn, which shows a daily 

 gain of o.ii pound more per day per steer. 



(4) In this trial the steers in the open shed ate 13 bushels more 

 corn and 0.22 ton more hay and gained 60 pounds, or a daily gain per 



