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amount of grain. In Lot II, the amount of hay consumed de- 

 creased 327 pounds during the two-week period when 1575 pounds 

 of corn were added to the ration. Lot I refused a considerable por- 

 tion of the ear corn offered at the end of the third month of the 

 feeding period. The steers would shell the corn and refuse to eat 

 the cob. As soon as the shelled corn was substituted for the ear 

 corn, very little was refused. Lot II consumed a little more ear 

 corn than did Lot I but Lot I consumed 654 more pounds of shelled 

 corn than did the cattle in Lot II. 



Table III. Showing Average Amount of Feed Consumed Daily per 

 Head by Steers, November 15, 1912, to April 4, 1913, (28 Day 

 Periods) 140 Days. 



