the grain ration in the evening and the stover and silage after the 

 grain ration in the morning. 



The hay, grain and stover were weighed as described elsewhere 

 in this bulletin in the article on shelter for fattening steers. The s^- 

 lage was weighed daily as fed. During only two periods was any un- 

 eaten silage left in the mangers. One of these periods was at the Be- 

 ginning of the test before the steers had become accustomed to the 

 feed ; the other was later at a time when some damaged 'silage was fed 

 through mistake. The steers were required to eat all the hay given 

 them. ' 



Table I. Weight of Steers. 



Table I gives the weights of the individual steers at the begin- 

 ning and the close of the experiment and for each two .week period 

 intervening. From this table it will be seen that at the beginning 

 Lot I, the stover fed steers, averaged 22 pounds heavier than Lot II, 

 while at the close Lot II, the silage fed steers, averaged 4 pounds 

 heavier than Lot I . 



Table II. Gains of Individual Steers. 



