half feet from the wall was used. The silage was removed from 

 the whole surface and that which was frozen, fed with the re- 

 mainder without any attempt to thaw it before feeding. The 

 weather was extremely unfavorable for silage feeding in open sheds, 

 so that the results secured during this period should be entirely 

 conclusive. 



There was a very marked variation in the gains of the cattle 

 throughout the winter, as shown by the accompanying table. The 

 condition of the cattle seemed to be improving at all times, hence 

 the variations may be due to a difference in fill at the time of 

 weighing. 



TABLE III. Average Daily Gain Per Steer. 



The small gains during the third month were due to the reg- 

 ular water supply being frozen, when it was necessary to drive 

 the cattle out of their'lots to another source of water. As it was 

 only possible to do this once each day, there Avere many times 



