COMPARISON OP DIFFERENT KINDS OF 



ROUGHNESS FOR WINTERING CATTLE, 



WHEN COMBINED WITH A LIMITED 



AMOUNT OF GRAIN 



Under this head are presented the results of four years' 

 work in wintering cattle on various coarse fodders when 

 combined with a limited amount of grain. 



The grain used in nearly all cases was shelled corn, and 

 the amount given has varied from four to six pounds, or 

 somewhat more than two quarts per day per head for a 

 yearling steer weighing about 750 pounds. In all cases the 

 animals were given all the roughness they would eat of the 

 kind indicated. 



The methods of conducting the test, weighing feed and 

 cattle, and of drawing samples for the determination of 

 moisture, etc., have already been fully outlined. 



First Trial 18Q8-9 



This trial began December 20, 1898, and was continued 

 until February 24, 1899, therefore extending over 66 days. 

 Four yearling Shorthorn steers of good quality, rather thin 

 in flesh, constituted each lot. They had access to a shed 

 open to the east and to open lots, with deep-well water ac- 

 cessible at all times. They were fed as follows. 



Lot II. Timothy Hay, Without Grain. 



Lot IV. Corn Stover, Without Grain. 



Lot V. One-half Corn Stover; one-half Clover Hay, 

 without grain. 



Lot VI. Corn Stover and 4 Ibs. Mixed Grain daily con- 

 sisting of three parts Corn Meal, two parts Cottonseed Meal. 



Lot VII. Corn Stover and 4 Ibs. of Corn Meal daily. 



The Stover was field cured and was set up in i6-hill 

 square shocks and allowed to remain in the field until re- 

 quired for feeding, and was fed whole. 



The Timothy and the Clover were of average quality, 

 made without rain, and stored in ricks in the open field 

 until used in the experiment. 



The following table gives a summary of the results: 



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