morning and before the grain in the evening. The cattle were fed 

 no more grain nor roughage than they would readily clean up in one- 

 half to three-quarters of an hour. All feed refused, such as corn 

 stover, hay and straw, was weighed back frequently in order to keep 

 exact records of the amount actually consumed. Salt was kept in 

 boxes in the sheds and was available to the steers at all times. Dur- 

 ing the first 90 days the cattle were fed a limited grain ration. But 

 little trouble from scouring occurred in lots I and 2. It was some- 

 what difficult, however, to -keep the cattle in good condition in Lot. 3. 



The Quality and Price of Feeds Used. 



Ear corn was purchased from farmers in the neighborhood of 

 the Station and was sound, marketable corn of good quality, shelling 

 out 56 pounds of corn to the bushel (70 pounds ear corn). The 

 clover hay fed to Lot I was a little coarse, rather too ripe, but well 

 cured, and would grade No. I clover on the market. The shredded 

 stover was not first class, due to unfavorable weather at the time 

 of shredding and to the scarcity of shredded stover on the market, 

 from which to select. The quality of the stover was equal to the aver- 

 age on most farms. Shredded stover was used in preference to un- 

 shredded because it was more conveniently stored and more readily 

 handled in feeding. No sore mouths were observed from feeding 

 shredded stover, as is frequently reported by cattle feeders. The 

 oat straw had been threshed in a barn and was bright and clean, with 

 little oats in it. The linseed meal was purchased from the American 

 Linseed Co., of Chicago, and was what is known as Old Process Oil 

 Meal of good quality. 



PRICES OF FEEDS : It is a very difficult matter to fix a price upon 

 the feeds used in experimental work. The variation in price from 

 time to time throughout the period involved in any cattle feeding 

 experiment, and tne fact that very frequently it is impossible to se- 

 cure, locally, the feeds desired at any price, makes it impracticable to 

 use current market prices. Any list of prices, which might be sub- 

 mitted, would very probablv not be of practical value to the feeder 

 on the average farm, except in rare cases where his conditions were 

 exactly the same as those which governed the prices set forth. In 

 other words, any statement of prices of feeds used in experimental 

 work is purely arbitrary. It seems necessary, however, that some 

 financial statement be made in connection with a bulletin giving the 

 results of feeding experiments. Such a statement can only be used 

 by the feeder as a matter of comparison. In order to make such a 

 statement and put the work on a practical basis, inquiries were sent 

 out to a large number of practical farmers with the view of securing 

 the average prices for farm grown feeds in different sections of the 



