Both lots received the same kind of feed, consisting of broken 

 ear corn and cottonseed meal as concentrates, corn silage in the 

 morning, and in the evening mixed hay to December 12, and corn 

 stover from that time to the close of the experiment. Lot I re- 

 ceived all the ear corn they would eat, while Lot II received about 



FIGURE 1 



Lot I October 19, 1907 



two-thirds as much as Lot I. Lot I received two pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal per steer per day and Lot II two and one-quarter pounds. 

 It was the intention to feed Lot II twice as much corn silage as was 

 fed to Lot I when on full feed. Lot II was given all the corn silage 

 they would eat with a limited grain ration. Lot I was given all the 

 corn they would eat with a limited silage ration. The intention was 

 to so apportion the feed that the two lots would get the same amount 



