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It was desired to have the cattle reach their maximum consump- 

 tion of roughage as early as possible. The lots receiving clover hay 

 were eating their maximum quantity of this roughage when the ex- 

 periment began, but the silage was not fed until the experiment 

 began. Three days were required to get the cattle on full 

 feed of silage which amounted to 15 pounds daily per head in Lot I 

 and 30 pounds daily per head in Lots 3 and 4. Lot 4 on the fifth 

 day refused a part of their silage and did not again consume 30 

 pounds daily per head until the tenth day of the trial. Thirty pounds 

 each per day. was the largest quantity of silage eaten by the steers in 

 Lot 4. After twenty-one days on feed the steers in Lot i were fed 

 17.5 pounds of silage and those in Lot 3 were fed 35 pounds. These 

 were the largest amounts fed the steers in those lots. The quantity 

 of clover hay eaten daily per steer at the beginning of the trial was 

 10 pounds in Lot I ; 20 pounds in Lot 2 ; and 10 pounds in Lot 4. 

 These amounts of clover hay consumed decreased as the cattle were 

 placed on full feed of grain, until at the end of thirty days they 

 had become almost constant at about 6 pounds in Lot I, 12 pounds 

 in Lot 2, and 4 pounds in Lot 4. The first two lots of steers consumed 

 these amounts with but slight decrease for a considerable period but 

 the cattle in Lot 4 were not eager for hay and did not eat four pounds 

 daily for more than a week when they again decreased their hay 

 consumption. 



The grain fed was the same in all lots for the first twenty-seven 

 days. Ten pounds of corn per steer were fed for eleven days when it 

 was increased to n pounds where it remained for two days and 

 then to 12 pounds daily per head. This amount was fed for eight 

 days and then increased to 13 pounds. This quantity of corn with 

 2.5 pounds of cottonseed meal w ! hich was being fed at that time 

 seemed to satisfy the appetites of the steers for grain except those 

 in Lot 2. After six more days the amount of corn in Lot 2 was in- 

 creased to 14 pounds of corn daily per head. From that time for- 

 ward, the steers in Lot 2 ate more grain than those in any other lot. 

 Cottonseed meal was not fed for the first two days while the cattle 

 were learning to eat grain. On the third day . 5 pound of the meal 

 per steer was added to the grain ration at each feed. The quantity 

 was gradually increased until at the end of ten days it was fed at 

 the rate of 2.5 pounds per 1000 pounds of cattle. 



The appetites of the steers in Lots I, 2 and 3 were as good as 

 could be expected. The steers in Lot 4, however, became rather slow 

 to take feed during the last few days of the second rrfonth and con- 

 tinued so until within about three weeks of the end of the trial. Since 

 it was more desirable for them to eat grain than roughage at an ad- 

 vanced stage in fattening an attempt was made to keep their appe- 



