. 'Table II shows the gains of the individual steers by periods dur- 

 ing the experiment. From this table it is seen that the total gain 

 made by Lot I was 1284 pounds, while that made by Lot II was 1439 

 pounds. The average gain made by Lot I was 214 pounds, while in 

 Lot' II it was 240 pounds or 26 pounds more. The gains made by Lot 

 II seemed to be more uniform than those made by Lot I. During the 

 entire experiment Lot II, the steers fed silage, seemed to be in better 

 health in general, had better appetites and showed a better coat than 

 Lot I.- 1 During only one period of the nine, did Lot I, which was fed 

 stover, make a greater gain than Lot II. That was during the peri- 

 od from Jan. 29th to Feb. i2th when the damaged silage was fed as 

 mentioned above. 



Table III. Amount oj Feed, Offered, Refused and Eaten. 



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Table III shows the feed eaten by the two lots for the entire ex- 

 periment. 'From this it is seen that Lot I ate more corn than Lot II. 

 The cottonseed meal eaten by the two lots was exactly the same, as 

 planned, and there was practically no difference in the hay eaten by 

 the two lots ; Lot I eating only 62 pounds more than Lot II during 

 the entire experiment. Not quite as much stover was fed to Lot I as 

 was intended owing to the difficulty in inducing the steers to eat it, 

 without cutting down the allowance of hay more than was thought 

 advisable. The estimated cost of feed for the two lots is shown in 

 table IV. 



Table IV. Cost oj Feed. 



