the dry feeds were limited to the amount which the cattle would 

 consume. As the feeding period progressed, the steers would shell 

 the corn from the cob and leave the cobs in the trough, so that the 

 refuse silage contained some corn cobs. However, the chief object 

 was to give each lot all of the silage that it would consume, so that 

 a limited amount was left during each period. This was utilized 

 for the feeding of other stock on the farm, hence was not an entire 

 waste. It will be noticed that the steers in Lot I ate less silage 

 as the amount of grain was increased, a fact which was even more 

 striking in Lot II, when the addition of 1610 pounds of ear corn 

 at the beginning of the third month caused a decrease in the amount 

 consumed of 3224.75 pounds of silage. 



TABLE II. Feeds Offered and Refused. 



LOT 112 STEERS 



LOT 212 STEERS 



There was little trouble caused by the method of feeding fol- 

 lowed. At the beginning of the experiment, a few steers showed 

 a tendency to scour, doubtless due to the change from hay and 

 dry feed to silage. This condition lasted only a few days, after 

 which the consistency of the droppings was normal. There were 

 no steers "off feed" throughout the 18 weeks during which they 

 were fed, although two individuals, one in each lot, seemed to be 

 quite restless and would not come to the trough until after the 

 others were satisfied. The temperature during January and Febru- 

 ary was decidedly below normal, the winter being the coldest on 

 record at the College. A stave silo, 18 fee* in diameter, in which 

 the silage frequently froze at a distance of one to one and one- 



