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Table I gives a complete record of the amount of feed consumed 

 daily by both "long fed" and "short fed" lots of cattle during the 

 two winters of 1906-7 and 1907-8. It will be noticed that the "long 

 fed" cattle consumed less corn, practically the same amount of cotton 

 seed meal, more clover hay and more corn silage per head daily dur- 

 ing the first 90 days of the experiment, conducted during the winter 

 of 1906-7. The main difference in the rations for the two lots of 

 cattle in the first test was that the "short fed" cattle consumed 6.18 

 pounds more corn per head daily than did the "long fed" cattle dur- 

 ing the first 90 days. In the second test the same thing is true, that 

 the consumption of grain was greater and that of roughage smaller 

 in the "short fed" lot, making a difference of 3.08 pounds of corn per 

 head daily in the "short fed" lot for the first no days of the test. 

 The table also shows that there was a gradual increase in the amount 

 of concentrates consumed from the beginning to the end of the first 

 90 days of the experiment with the "short fed" lots in both winters. 

 In the second test there was a marked decrease during the last 20 

 days. The "long fed" cattle reached the maximum amount of grain 

 consumed in the fourth and third month, after which there was^a 

 gradual decline until the end of the test in both instances. It will 

 also be noticed in comparing the first 90 day period of each test with 

 the second, that the "long fed" cattle received a much greater pro- 

 portion of grain to roughage during the second go day period. This 

 is true of both years. It was the plan of the experiment that the 

 "long fed" cattle should consume a greater proportion of roughage 

 to grain than the "short fed" cattle. The table also shows by com- 

 paring the amount of feed consumed by the "short fed" cattle in 90 

 to no days, with that consumed by the "long fed" cattle in 180 days, 

 that there was a much heavier consumption of grain by the "short 

 fed" cattle. 



