STEER FEEDING EXPERIMENTS 2? 



Weights and Weighing. 



Each steer was weighed individually for three consecutive days 

 at the beginning of the feeding trial. Individual weights were 

 taken for three consecutive days for the initial weight at the end of 

 fifty-six days, the roughage feeding period, and at the conclusion of 

 the experiment. At the end of each four weeks, individual weights 

 were taken on one day and group weights were taken on the day 

 previous and following the day on which individual weights were 

 obtained. Group weights were also taken in the middle of each 

 four-week period. The weighing was always done at 9 A. M. with- 

 out any change in the feeding and handling of the cattle. 



Hogs in the Feed Lot. 



A few hogs were put in the lots at the end of the first month 

 but as the cattle were receiving no grain, except that found in the 

 silage, it was necessary to supply additional feed. The hogs put in 

 the lot were not first class and some were too small to make the 

 most desirable type of hogs to follow cattle. 



Table I. Air Dry Moisture in Feeds' 



* Reported by the Department of Experimental Agricultural Chemistry. 



Samples of feed were taken every month to the Laboratory of 

 Experimental Agricultural Chemistry for air-dry moisture determi- 

 nations. In studying Table I, it will be noted that the amount of 

 moisture in the cottonseed meal, corn silage and shelled corn was 

 quite uniform. The amount of moisture in the hay varied from 

 6.29 per cent, to 27.78 per cent., or a variation of 21.57 per cent. 



