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stalks that had been eaten over by the stock cattle had been 

 thrown in one corner to keep the steers out of the mud and to 

 give them a dry place in which to lie. Otherwise they had the 

 bare ground of their lot, enclosed with a barbed wire fence. 



The results of these experiments are very briefly sum- 

 marized in the following tables. 



Influence of Shelter Upon the Economy of Gain on Two-Year-Old 



Steers Full Fed on Shelled Corn and 



Timothy Hay. 



First trial lasting from November ist, 189?, to February 

 I3th, 1898, 105 days, 5 steers in each lot. 



In this case the steers in the open shed consumed nearly 

 9 per cent more corn and nearly 14 per cent more hay, 

 but gained i7 per cent more. In other words a bushel of corn 

 produced on steers in the barn 4.50 Ibs. of gain and 4.83 Ibs. 

 on those in the open shed. 



In the second trial lasting from November 2, 1898 to 

 February 18, 1899 109 days, 4 steers in each lot, a bunch of 

 steers which was required to stay in the open lot was added to 

 the experiment, with the following results: 



