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The grain mixture was composed of three parts corn and one part 

 bran. Of this the animals were fed twice daily all they would 

 readily consume (while the mixed hay was fed in the evening and 

 the corn stover in the' morning). 



Lot II received corn silage as the sole roughage during the 

 entire feeding period. During the first 56 days no grain was added 

 to the ration except cottonseed meal, which was fed at the rate of 

 2^/2 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight daily and continued 

 throughout the entire feeding period. At the close of the 56-day, 

 feeding period, ear corn was fed at the rate of 15 pounds per 1000 

 pounds live weight daily for which 12 pounds of shelled corn was 

 substituted later. 



Lot III received corn silage and alfalfa as roughage during 

 the entire feeding period. The alfalfa was fed to supply the re- 

 quired protein in the ration. This lot received no grain during the 

 first 56 days of the feeding period. The alfalfa was fed at the rate 

 of 5 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight daily and the corn silage 

 according to appetite. At the end of the 56-day feeding period, ear 

 corn was added to the ration at the rate of 15 pounds per 1000 

 pounds live weight daily for which 12 pounds of shelled corn was 

 substituted later. 



Lot IV received corn silage and mixed hay as roughage, corn 

 silage being fed at the rate of 20 pounds per head daily and the 

 mixed hay ad libitum. The roughage, with cottonseed meal at the 

 rate of 2^ pounds per 1000 pounds live weight, was fed daily dur- 

 ing the first 56 days. Ear corn was added to the ration for the 

 balance of the feeding period, at the rate of 15 pounds per 1000 

 pounds live weight daily. During the latter part of the feeding 

 period, the ear corn was replaced by shelled corn which was fed at 

 the rate of 12 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight. 



Lot V received corn silage and alfalfa hay as roughage. The 

 alfalfa hay was fed daily at the rate of five pounds per 1000 pounds 

 live weight. In addition to this the steers received all the corn 

 silage they would consume. This roughage, in combination with 

 2^/2 pounds of cottonseed meal per 1000 pounds live weight, was 

 fed during the first 56 days of the feeding period. Ear corn at the 

 rate of 15 pounds per 1000 pounds live weight was fed daily for 

 two months, while for the balance of the feeding period the grain 

 ration was changed to 12 pounds of shelled corn. 



