CHAPTEE XXII. 



FACTOBS IN STEEB, FATTENING FINAL RESULTS. 



I. Conditions Affecting Results, 



561. Influence of shelter and confinement. At the Kansas Sta- 

 tion, 1 Georgeson, testing the influence of shelter, confined five 

 steers by tying in a stable, allowing five others to run loose in an 

 open yard with a shed at one side for shelter. The steers were 

 Western cattle three years old past, fed ear corn and stover. The 

 trial began November 30, lasting six months. The following 

 year it was duplicated with grade Short-horns six months younger 

 than those in the preceding trial. The second trial began Decem- 

 ber 20, continuing four months. The third trial followed the 

 plan of the other two. The steers were mostly grade Short- 

 horns, two and one-half to three years old, and were put into 

 the feed lot October 23, the feeding continuing five months. 

 The results of the three trials are herewith summarized: 



Results of three trials with steers fed in barn and in yard Kansas 



Station. 



In all the trials the steers running in the yard consumed more 

 grain than those confined, and on the whole made larger gains, 



* Buls. 34, 39. 



