ing shafts each 6 inches by 12 inches extending from the ceiling to 

 the roof. The Dutch doors open under an overshoot and the top 

 half was kept open except at night and during stormy weather. In 

 addition to the twelve steers in this test there were in this basement 

 twenty-four other fattening steers and about twelve horses. 



The steers known as Lot IV were kept in a yard about 50 feet 

 by 70 feet adjoining the barn on the south side. For shelter they 

 had a shed 12 feet by 30 feet open at the southeast side and closed at 

 both ends and at the opposite side. 



Both lots had drinking water constantly before them, except 

 that it was turned off at 5 o'clock each day preceding the date on 

 which the steers were to be weighed. The two lots received exactly 

 the same kind of feed in equal quantities. An effort was made to 

 keep both lots well bedded so that neither would find any discom- 

 fort in lying down, if they cared to do so. The grain ration con- 

 sisted of broken ear corn to February 2ist and shelled corn from 

 that date to the close of the experiment. In addition to the corn 

 each lot received one pound per steer of cotton-seed meal daily. 

 The roughage consisted of corn stover in the morning and mixed 

 hay in the afternoon, both being fed after the grain. The steers 

 were weighed at two weeks' intervals during the experiment, and 

 the feed was determined for the periods coinciding with the weighing 

 of the steers. 



Table V. 



Feed consumed by Lot III and Lot IV. 



FEED L,OT III LOT IV 



Hay Fed 3293 3316 



Hay Refused 6 



Hay Consumed 3287 3316 



Corn Stover Fed 9479 9390 



Corn Stover Refused 5080 3567 



Corn Stover Consumed 4399 5823 



Corn and Cob Fed 27240 27240 



Shelled Corn Fed 5148 5148 



Cottonseed Meal 2760 2760 



This table gives the amount of feed offered to, refused and con- 

 sumed by the two lots. The only difference is in the amount of 

 corn stover refused by the two lots! Lot IV eating its corn stover 

 much cleaner than Lot III indicates that the steers of the outside 

 lot had keener appetites. 



