before weighing in 1909-10. The tanks were closed at 6 o'clock 

 in the evening before weighing in 1910-11. 



METHOD OF FEEDING 



The method of feeding was the same in all lots in both trials 

 reported in this bulletin. Grain was fed at 6:00 A. M. and 4:30 

 P. M., in troughs in the open lot. Shelled corn was placed in the 

 trough, the cottonseed meal poured upon it and both thoroughly 

 mixed by hand. After the cattle had cleaned up the grain ration 

 which usually required from a half to three-quarters of an honr, 

 the roughage was fed. In Lots I and 5, clover hay was fed in the 

 morning and silage at night; in Lots 2 and 6, clover hay without 

 other roughage, was fed both morning and night; in Lot 3, silage 

 without other roughage was fed both morning and night; while in 

 Lot 4, silage was fed both morning and night and in addition clover 

 hay was fed in the morning. Lot 7, in 1909-10, was fed the same as 

 Lot 3. Lot 8, in 1909-10, and Lot 7, in 1910-11, were fed the same as 

 Lot 4. It was the intention to have all silage cleaned up within two 

 hours and all clover before the next time to feed clover. Salt was 

 supplied at regular intervals. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE CATTLE 



The cattle used in the experiment during the winter of 1909-10 

 were two-year old steers of mixed breeding. About three-fourths 

 of the number used were black cattle showing a preponderance of 

 Angus blood, the other one-fourth was red cattle showing either 

 Shorthorn or Hereford ancestry. About one-half of these cattle 

 was purchased in Lawrence county, Indiana; they were native 

 Indiana cattle. The other half was purchased in Montgomery 

 county, Indiana; they were all black and had been purchased in 

 Chicago in the spring of 1909, and pastured in Montgomery county 

 during the summer and fall. Nothing definite is known of their 

 treatment before they were purchased in Chicago, but a few of 

 them were branded and this would indicate that at least that part 

 of them came from the western ranges. There were only a few 

 choice feeders in the bunch and there were several that would not 

 grade above medium. All of these cattle were in thin condition 

 when they reached the University farm. Fifteen of the heaviest 

 and fleshiest of the number were selected for the "short-fed" lot 

 which was designated as Lot 7. The average weight of these steers 

 was 1055 pounds. Six of them were black and showed evidence 

 of Angus ancestry, six showed Shorthorn breeding and three Here- 

 ford breeding. They were plain with a little tendency toward 

 legginess, and aside from being heavier and fleshier than the steers 

 in the other lots, they apparently possessed less quality. Sixty 

 other steers, averaging 893 pounds per steer, were divided into lots 



