104 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



YI. 



I. FIFTH FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH STEERS. 



By J. B. LiNDSET. 



1893-94. 



General Description. 



The experiment here descrilied is a continuation of those 

 published in our i)revious reports. 



Three grade Durham steers, yearlings, weighing about 

 600 pounds each, were used in the experiment. They were 

 quite thin when first received, and cost 3 69 cents per pound 

 live weight. 



The coarse foods fed were raised upon the station 

 grounds, and consisted principally of corn ensilage, corn 

 stover, vetch and oats and a variety of green crops with 

 some roots. The corn for ensilage was cut just as the 

 kernels were glazing. The corn stover was the corn plant 

 remaining after the fully matured ears had been removed. 

 The grains fed were wheat bran, Buffalo gluten feed, new- 

 process linseed meal, corn and cob meal, cotton-seed meal 

 and oat feed. The quantity of coarse fodders fed depended 

 in all cases upon the individual appetite of the animals 



The animals were fed and watered twice each day, be- 

 tween six and seven o'clock in the mornina; and at five in 

 the afternoon, one-half of the food beinir o;iven at each time. 

 Al)out one ounce of salt was added to the grain feed daily. 

 Whenever the weather permitted, the steers were allowed 

 the use of the barn-yard for at least one-half a day. They 

 were kept well carded. 



The weights of the animals were taken weekly, before 

 being watered in the morning. 



