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Superintendent of the Exposition. (Blanks for all of these purposes 

 will be furnished on request to the General Superintendent.) (h) 

 In judging these classes, quality and finish will count sixty per cent. ; 

 gain forty per cent.'' 



The following prizes are offered for these classes : 



As the Station had taken up a line of investigation on the sub- 

 ject of "Short Feeding," it was decided to enter a car load of ex- 

 perimental cattle in this contest in order to compare the methods of 

 reeding with those of experienced and practical feeders, where the 

 rate and cost of gain were made the basis of the award. The cattle 

 were purchased primarily to determine whether or not cattle could 

 be profitably fed for a short period on grass in the fall, the Interna- 

 tional contest being a secondary consideration. 



They were high grade steers sired by pure bred Hereford bulls 

 out of cows of mixed Hereford and Shorthorn breeding. When pur- 

 chased they were grazing in an open blue grass pasture which gave 

 them an abundance of grass of the best quality. Adjoining this pas- 

 ture was a small lot naturally set with sugar trees which afforded 

 protection from the sun. A small branch, fed by springs, ran through 

 the sugar grove furnishing a supply of pure water. Under these 

 conditions the best possible results could be expected from grazing. 

 During the previous winter they were wintered on a mixture of blue 

 grass and clover hay. with some corn stover, which was fed on a blue 

 grass pasture, which had not been grazed heavily during the preced- 

 ing summer. The owner stated that they had been in demand for 

 killing purposes when turned on pasture early in the sring so that 

 they must have been in much better condition at that time than cattle 

 used for grazing purposes usually are. If they had been shipped to 

 market at the time of purchase, they would have been purchased by 

 butchers or packers as they would have been termed grass fat cattle. 

 In qnalitv and type every steer showed evidence of good blood. They 

 were not sn uniform in size as is desirable, but otherwise were ideal 

 cattle for use in short feeding, in that they were blocky, compact, 

 with broad backs and deep bodies and of excellent beef type. They 

 had not been fed grain; consequently, were in the best condition to 

 make rapid and economical gains. 



