TABLE 3. DAILY FRESH FOOD AND DRY MATTER CONSUMED 



PER STEER, COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF 1000 



POUNDS OF LIVE WEIGHT 



SECOND TRIAL 1896-7 



This season the experiment was enlarged so as to in- 

 clude Shredded Stover and Siloed Stover in addition to the 

 Whole Corn Stover and Timothy Hay. 



The number of steers was increased to twenty, and 

 divided into four lots of five animals each. 



They were high grade Shorthorn steers, about eighteen 

 months of age, in thin condition, with an average weight of 

 about 800 pounds. 



The experiment was begun December 7, 1896, and con- 

 tinued until March 7, 1897, covering 92 days, exclusive 

 of the preliminary period of some thirty days. 



Feeds. No grain was fed. The Timothy Hay used 

 was of fully average quality and comparatively free from 

 weeds and other foreign substance. 



Three kinds of Stover were fed viz: 



Whole Stover field cured kept in i6-hill square shocks 

 in the open field until needed for feeding, as is usual in 

 farm practice. 



Shredded Stover field cured shredded late in Novem- 

 ber, and put up in a rick in the open until used. 



Siloed Stover. The details of its preparation are given 

 below. 



In the preparation of these three classes of Stover, the 

 following precautions were taken: 



At the time the corn was sufficiently mature to harvest 

 for field curing, the field was divided into a series of plots of 



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