Before these inquiries were sent out, the writer had been 

 making some experiments along this line which were show- 

 ing results quite contrary to this notion. Accordingly we sub- 

 mitted a question on this point to the practical men, to secure 

 the results of their experience and observation, as follows : 



Question 6. "In winter feeding do you shelter your cattle 

 in a warm barn, in an open shed, or feed in an open lot?" 



The answers to this question are summarized in the fol- 

 lowing table : 



It will be observed that only a small proportion, or less 

 than 18 per cent were using a barn, whereas practically 60 per 

 cent used an open shed, and a little more than 23 per cent fed in 

 an open lot. 



Summary of Experiments With Shelter. 



We have conducted four trials with two year old cattle on 

 full feed, in which one lot was fed in a comfortable barn, an- 

 other lot in a shed open to the south, and another in a lot with- 

 out any shelter or protection whatever. All the steers had been 

 dehorned and had been used for wintering experiments the 

 previous year, and were, therefore, accustomed to being handled. 



