1893.] 



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Third Feeding Experiment with Steers. 

 October, 1890, to May, 1892. 



Three one-year-old steers, grade Shorthorn, were selected 

 for the trial. They were bought at oh cents per pound of 

 live weight on Oct. 14, 1890. No. 1 weighed G55 pounds. 

 No. 2 weighed 595 pounds and No. 3 weighed 629 pounds. 



The mode of feeding and the general management of the 

 third experiment corresponded in all essentials with the 

 course adopted in the second feeding experiment, previously 

 described. The third experiment is divided, as the second, 

 and for similar reasons, into three distinctly different stages 

 of progress, namely, feeding record o^ first iDinter season, 

 o^ summer pasturing and of second ivinter season. 



1. Feeding Record of First Winter Seaso7i. 



Oct. 14, 1890, to April 20, 1891. 



[Coarse fodder articles ; upland meadow hay, barlej^ straw, clover hay, corn ensi- 

 lage and turnips ; fine fodder articles : wheat bran and cotton-seed meal.] 



Local Market Cost per Ton of the Various Articles of Fodder used. 

 Wheat bran, . 

 Cotton-seed meal, 

 Barley straw, . 

 Hay, 



Mixed fodder, 

 Turnips, 

 Corn ensilage. 



Analyses of the Various Articles of Fodder used. 



