In 1909-10, both lots were started on six pounds of shelled corn 

 daily per head. Lot I received one-half pound and Lot 5 one- 

 fourth pound of cottonseed meal daily per steer. This was gradu- 

 ally increased until at the end of 30 days both lots were receiving 

 13 pounds of shelled corn and 2.4 pounds and 1.2 pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal daily per steer. Both lots were started on 12 pounds of 

 corn silage and 10 pounds of clover hay daily per steer. The clover 

 hay consumed decreased as the amount of other feed was increased 

 until at the end of 17 days the cattle were consuming only nine 

 pounds daily per head. The amount of silage fed was gradually 

 increased until about the middle of the second 10 day period when 

 each lot was receiving 17.5 pounds of silage daily per steer. From 

 this time, the consumption of roughage decreased as the concen- 

 trates eaten increased. It was the intention to keep the amounts 

 of silage consumed by the two lots as nearly equal as possible. 



In 1910-11, the lots were started as they had been the previous 

 year, except that a more rapid increase was made in getting the 

 cattle on full feed. On the eighth day when both lots were receiving 

 nine pounds of corn, 12 pounds clover hay and 21 pounds of silage, 

 and i.io pounds and .65 pound of cottonseed meal respectively, 

 the appetites of the steers in Lot 5 seemed to be sharper than of 

 those in Lot I and .5 pound additional corn per steer was fed. From 

 this until the end of the first 90 days Lot 5 ate .5 pound or more 

 daily per steer than the steers in Lot i. At the end of 30 days, 

 however, there was a decrease in the amount of silage consumed 

 by the cattle in Lot 5 and thenceforward they refused to eat as 

 much by about 2 pounds per steer as did those in Lot i. In fact, 

 Lot 5 throughout the trial relished the grain more than the silage 

 and seldom ate the silage until the grain was cleaned up; while 

 Lot i relished the silage to such an extent that in case the corn 

 was not cleaned up when the silage was offered the former was 

 not eaten until the latter was all consumed. Even after the steers 

 in Lot i were very fat the amount of silage consumed was not 

 decreased until the second 10 day period of the fifth month. It 

 would have been possible at any time to have reduced the amount 

 of silage eaten in Lot 5 by increasing the grain but not so in Lot 

 i because the silage would have been eaten before the grain was 

 cleaned up. 



In 1909-10, there was a marked uniformity of appetite. The 

 consumption of both corn and roughage was practically the same 

 in both lots, the only difference being in the amount of cottonseed 

 meal offered. In 1910-11, however, there was a difference in the 

 relish for corn and for corn silage between the two lots. Lot i 

 receiving 2.5 pounds of cottonseed meal per 1000 pounds live weight 

 relished the silage more than Lot 5 receiving only half as much 

 cottonseed meal but the latter relished corn more than the former. 



GAINS. Table VII shows the average daily and total gain per 

 steer by months. 



