Lot 6 was put on full feed at the beginning of the trial. The 

 steers were fed 10 pounds of corn per head the first day and re- 

 ceived increasing amounts of grain until they were on full feed at 

 the end of 21 days at which time they were eating 13 pounds of 

 corn, 2.4 pounds of cottonseed meal, 3 pounds of oat straw and 30 

 pounds of corn silage daily per head. The amount of roughage 

 eaten soon decreased and the corn fed was raised to 14 pounds daily 

 per head, where it remained with slight increases during the latter 

 part of the trial. 



Lot 7 was fed no corn for the first 60 days. At the end of three 

 days they were eating 30 pounds of corn silage, 10 pounds of oat 

 straw and one pound of cottonseed meal daily per head. At the end 

 of 13 days the daily ration consisted of 35 pounds of silage, 6 pounds 

 of oat straw and 2 pounds of cottonseed meal. This latter amount 

 of feed was maintained with very slight variation in the oat straw 

 eaten, until the cattle were put on feed at the end of 60 days. On the 

 sixty-first day the cottonseed meal was raised to 2. 5 pounds per 1000 

 pounds live weight and 5 pounds of corn were added to the ration. 

 Within six days the corn had been gradually increased to 10 pounds 

 daily per head and the oat straw consumption had fallen to less than 

 3 pounds, the silage consumption remaining at 35 pounds daily per 

 head. For a period of two weeks thereafter the ration remained 

 constant. From that time forward there was a gradual decrease in 

 the roughage consumption and a corresponding increase in grain 

 consumption. 



The steers of Lot 6 were not eager for feed during the first two 

 months but had very good appetites during the remainder of the trial. 

 The steers of Lot 7 were eager for their feed at all times and had 

 especially keen appetites for grain. 



It is noted in Table XI that the steers of Lot 6 had fairly uni- 

 form appetites throughout the trial with a gradual replacement of 

 roughage by grain. In Lot 7 when the grain was added the rough- 

 age consumption was rapidly decreased until the steers of this 

 lot were soon eating more grain and less roughage than the long-fed 

 cattle. Notwithstanding the fact that some time was required to get 

 the cattle of Lot 7 on full feed, the grain consumption in that lot was 

 almost as large during the last 100 days as in Lot 6 which was full 

 fed throughout the trial. During the last two months of the trial the 

 grain consumption of the short-fed lot was much larger than the 

 long-fed lot. 



GAINS. The gains of the two lots are shown in Table XII. 



