Averaging the three trials in which the barn, open shed 

 and open lot were compared, we have the following exhibit: 



The average of the four years work in which the barn and 

 open shed were compared, shows : 



For a more complete discussion of these experiments, together with 

 a number of experiments in sheltering cattle that were lightly fed, see 

 bulletin of this Station on this subject. 



Thus in every case the cattle that were confined in a barn at 

 night and during very stormy weather "during the day, except 

 long enough to drink twice daily, ate less food, made smaller 

 gains and with but one exception made less gain per bushel of 

 corn or per pound of dry matter than did similar cattle that had 

 access to an open shed with the privilege of going out at will, 

 and made less economical gains than did those which were re- 

 quired to stay in the open lot without any form of shelter and 

 only a pile of corn stalks on which to lie. 



