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Feeds and Feeding/. 



ton-seed meal aud 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. 



Dry matter consumed 



Water drank and in feed 



Total average consumption of dry food and water, 

 Pounds water to one pound dry food 



357. Variation in individual weight whiJe 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. Eren 

 thrifty steers that are steadUy 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 ^ will suffice: 



