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Table XVI shows the average amount of feed consumed, daily 

 per steer. It will be noticed that with the exception of the first 

 30 day period, the short-fed steers consumed larger amounts of con- 

 centrates per head than the long-fed steers. The steers in each lot 

 were started on a daily allowance of six pounds of shelled corn. 

 In the long- fed lot, this was gradually increased so that they were 

 consuming 10 pounds per head at the end of the first 10 days, 12 

 pounds at the end of the second 10 days, and 12 pounds at the end 

 of the first 30 day period, their average for the first 30 days being 

 10.6 pounds. Lot 7 was receiving 11.5 pounds of shelled corn 

 per head at the end of the first 10 days. This seemed to be a little 

 too much, considering the amount of roughage they were consum- 

 ing, and a few of them went "off feed" ; the allowance was re- 

 duced to 10 pounds per head until they all regained their appetites. 

 This irregularity, due to a few of the steers going "off feed", 

 brings down the average consumption of corn for Lot 7 to 10.47 

 pounds per head for the first 30 days. The cattle in Lot 8, which 

 went on feed March 17 when the experiment with Lot 7 closed, 

 were much lighter than those in either of the other two lots and 

 their allowance of shelled corn was not increased quite so rapidly 

 as was the case with Lots 3 and 7. ,Their average consumption of 

 corn for the first 30 days was 10.14 pounds. The initial allowance 

 of cottonseed meal was one-half pound daily per steer, in all lots ; 

 this was rapidly increased to approximately two and one-half 

 pounds daily per 1000 pounds live weight, where it remained 

 throughout the experiment. The table shows that from this time 

 on, the amount of concentrates consumed by the short-fed cattle 

 increased more rapidly than it did in the long-fed lot. In the case 

 of Lot 7 this can be ascribed to the larger capacity of the heavier 

 steers, but in the case of Lot 8 it must have been due to either the 

 kind of roughage fed or seasonal influence, because they were 

 smaller than the steers in the long-fed lot. All of these steers were 

 fed according to appetite. However, as the feeding period progress- 

 ed, the amount of silage fed had to be reduced in order to increase 

 the consumption of concentrates, but they always received as much 

 as they would eat without decreasing their appetite for concentrates. 



The entire roughage of Lots 3 and 7 consisted of corn silage. 

 Lot 3 was started on 24 pounds of silage per head daily and the 

 allowance was gradually increased so that they were getting 35 

 pounds per head by the end of the second week, where it remained 

 until about the middle of the second 30 day period, when it began 

 to gradually decrease as the consumption of concentrates increased. 



Lot 7 was started on 40 pounds of corn silage per head and in- 

 creased to 43.3 pounds per head at the end of the first week. A 



