STORAGE BARN, SHEDS, FEED LOTS AND 



OTHER EQUIPMENT FOR FEEDING 



EXPERIMENTAL CATTLE IN 



CAR LOAD LOTS 



BY HERBERT W. MUMFORD, CHIEF IN ANJMAL HUSBANDRY 

 AND EDWIN S. GOOD, ASSISTANT IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



INTRODUCTION 



The Illinois Experiment Station considers it extremely import- 

 ant for the reader to know, in studying the results of feeding tests, 

 the exact conditions under which the feeding has been done. This 

 bulletin shows the conditions surrounding the feeding of the experi- 

 mental car load lots of cattle at this ' Station as reported in Bulle- 

 tins 83, 90, 103, and in. 



It is not maintained that this plant cannot be improved or that it 

 will meet the needs of, or be the most economical for, cattle feeders 

 in general. 



PLAN 



The general plan of the experimental feeding plant at this Sta- 

 tion, for the feeding of two hundred head of beef cattle in car load 

 lots, and individually, consists of a storage barn facing east and west 

 and two rows of feed lots connected by a paved alley, lying east 

 and west from the west side of the storage barn. South of the feed 

 lots is a corn crib 144 feet in length, and north of the storage barn 

 is a 20- by 28-foot engine house. On the west side of the barn and 

 north of the alley are stock scales. 



There are twelve feeding lots in the two rows mentioned, seven 

 of which are situated on the south side of the alley and five on the 

 north side. All face to the south and all are paved with brick with 

 the exception of three lots on the north side of the alley, one of 

 which is used for experimenting with cattle fed in an ordinary earth 

 lot. The sheds on the south side of the alley are open on the south 

 side, while those on the north side are inclosed, and provided with 

 large sliding doors. None are paved. 



Feed carriers convey the concentrates and chaffed roughage 

 from the second floor of the storage barn to the lots on the south 

 side of th'i alley. For general plan, see Plates i and 2. 



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