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Feeds and Feeding. 



At the North Carolina Station, l Emery, feeding steers on cot- 

 ton-seed meal and hulls, found the following in regard to water 

 and dry matter consumed by fattening steers: 



Dry matter eaten and water drank daily by fattening steers per 

 1,000 pounds live weight North Carolina Station. 



557. Variation in individual weight while fattening. The stock- 

 man who will weigh a fattening steer daily for a few weeks will 

 be surprised at the variation in the weights recorded. Even 

 thrifty steers that are steadily fattening, so far as the feeder can 

 judge, will show surprising variations in weight from day to day, 

 and even from week to week. Much data could be given on this 

 point, but a few figures from one of Georgeson's experiments at 

 the Kansas Station 2 will suffice: 



Weekly weight of steers during a feeding trial Kansas Station. 



These variations, which are not extraordinary, show how diffi- 

 cult it is to determine the true weight of a steer at any given 



Bui. 93. 



2 Bui. 34. 



