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the use of such feeds was not a common practice. It is be- 

 lieved that within the last few years this practice has grown 

 very greatly in favor and that at the present large quantities 

 of these materials are used by the cattle feeders of the corn 

 belt. The replies to this question were not of such nature as to 

 permit of any summary in the form of a table and were withal 

 too meager to form the basis of an opinion upon so important 

 a matter. This Station has been conducting elaborate tests of 

 the various supplemental feeds, both for winter and for sum- 

 mer feeding, during the past twelve years, and a full and de- 

 tailed report of this work is now being prepared for publication 

 by Professor F. B. Mumford, of this Station, and the reader is 

 referred to this publication for information on this subject. 



Silage For Full Fed Cattle. 



We had essentially the same experience with the inquiry 

 in relation to the use of silage as with the one in relation to 

 supplemental feeds. At the time the feeders were interviewed, 

 they had not had sufficient experience with this material to 

 form a reliable judgment, and as a result, very few of them 

 ventured an opinion. Very recently the Missouri and the In- 

 diana Experiment Stations have conducted a number of exper- 

 iments along this line, and it would be safer for the reader 

 to reserve judgment on this point until these results are before 

 him. 



AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF PURE WATER. 



In order to secure satisfactory results in steer and hog 

 feeding, it is of the utmost importance that an abundant sup- 

 ply of pure, clear, cool water be furnished. This point was 

 strongly emphasized by a great number of the experienced feed- 

 ers making reports for this bulletin. It is furthermore import- 

 ant that the hog be required to drink in a separate place 

 from the cattle, and that the water for each class of stock be 

 protected against the other. It will not do to allow the steers 

 to drink from the hog troughs or the hog wallows nor to 

 permit the hogs to foul the water in the cattle troughs. 



