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Table III is presented to show the average amount of feed con- 

 sumed daily per steer by twenty-eight day periods. The aim in 

 feeding these cattle was to get them to take a maximum amount of 

 roughage as soon as possible after the trial began. The steers in 

 Lot I were to receive all the corn silage they would consume and 

 those in Lot II were to have twenty pounds of corn silage and all 

 the mixed hay they would consume. Lot II received 33 1-3 pounds 

 per day at the beginning. On the fourth day the amount was in- 

 creased to 41.66 pounds per head. This was increased to 45.5 

 pounds on the nth day and raised to 50 pounds per head daily on 

 the 2Oth day. Fifty pounds per head was the largest amount fed 

 daily while the cattle were not receiving grain. The average daily 

 consumption per steer in Lot II was eight pounds of mixed hay and 

 fifteen pounds of silage during the first three days, after which 

 the silage was increased to twenty pounds and the hay to ten pounds 

 per head daily. On the tenth day the hay for Lot II was increased 

 to twelve pounds daily per head which was the largest amount re- 

 ceived at any time. At no time did these cattle show as keen an 

 appetite for hay as for corn silage. At the beginning of the third 

 period, ear corn was added to the ration which materially decreased 

 the amount of roughage consumed. Both lots were started on 6 l /2 

 pounds of ear corn per head daily. 



This was increased at the rate of one-half pound per head daily 

 until the steers were receiving twelve pounds per head in both lots 

 at the end of two weeks. At the end of twenty days, after the ear 

 corn was added to the ration, Lot I was receiving fourteen pounds 

 per head daily and Lot II fifteen pounds. This amount of ear corn 

 seemed to be all the cattle would consume in addition to the other 

 feeds. At the end of 28 days shelled corn was fed in place of ear 

 corn as they were beginning to refuse a portion of the latter. 



There was little variation in the amount of shelled corn con- 

 sumed during the fourth period, each lot consuming about eleven 

 pounds per head daily, During the fifth period, Lot I consumed an 

 average of about two pounds more per head than did Lot II. 



The amount of dry matter consumed by Lot I during the differ- 

 ent periods was very uniform with a variation of less than three 

 pounds for the entire period. A difference of over five pounds was 

 found in Lot II. The average for the entire period is very nearly 

 the same, being slightly in favor of Lot I. 



