CHAPTEE XXIL 



FAOTOES IN STEEB FATTENING — FINAL RESULTS. 



L Conditions Affecting Results. 



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

 tion/ Greorgeson, 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 com and stover. The 

 trial began November 30, lasting six months. The following 

 year it was duplicated with grade Short-homs 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: 



BesuUa of three trials with steers fed in ham and in yard 

 Station. 



Kansas 



Where fed. 



189£. Lasting six months. 



Fed in barn 



Fed in yard 



189S. Lasting four months. 



Fed in bam 



Fed in yard 



1895. Lasting five months. 



Fed in bam 



Fed in yard 



Ear 



com 



eaten. 



Lbs. 



4,027 

 4,871 



2,723 

 3,168 



3,223 

 3,372 



Fodder 

 eaten. 



Lbs. 



1,341 

 907 



1,214 

 1,444 



535 

 457 



Gain. 



Lbs. 



284 

 313 



274 

 276 



230 

 217 



Ear com 



per 100 



lbs. gain. 



Lbs. 



1,418 

 1,556 



994 

 1,144 



1,401 

 1.654 



Fodder 

 per 100 

 Ids. gain. 



Lbs. 

 472 



443 



233 

 210 



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. 



