HOGS 



Each lot of cattle also contained ten hogs. They were of good 

 quality and averaged approximately one hundred five pounds per 

 head at the time the experiment started. All lots of hogs received 

 corn in addition to droppings from the cattle. The amount of corn 

 fed depended on the appetites of the hogs. Five hogs in each of 

 three lots of cattle (2, 3, and 4) were fed a small quantity of shorts 

 and tankage in addition to the corn and droppings. 



METHOD OF STARTING CATTLE ON FEED 



The cattle had been in the feed yards for two weeks before they 

 were started on experiment. During that time they received all the 

 corn silage and second class alfalfa hay they would eat. When 

 started on experiment, silage was dropped from the ration in Lots 



2 and 3 and clover substituted for alfalfa hay in all lots except Lots 



3 and 7. The first of the experiment the ration consisted of all the 

 roughage the cattle would eat, .8 pound of cottonseed meal in all 

 lots except Lot 6 which received molasses feed, and 4 pounds of corn 

 daily per head in all lots except Lot i which received no corn. The 

 corn was slowly increased, but sixty days elapsed before the cattle 

 were given all the corn they would eat. Lot I received no corn the 

 first month, five pounds daily per head the second month, seven 

 pounds the third month, eight pounds the fourth month, and nine 

 pounds the fifth month. Cottonseed meal in the lots in which it was 

 fed was increased until at the end of four weeks it was being fed 

 at the rate of 2.5 pounds daily per thousand pounds of weight. 

 Champion Molasses Feed was gradually raised to 6 pounds daily 

 per head. In Lot 5, feeding molasses (cane) was gradually added 

 to the ration until at the end of 30 days, 3 pounds of molasses daily 

 per head were being fed instead of an equal quantity of corn. 



