6 Cattle Feeding Experiments. 



EXPERIMENT I. 



ROUGHNESS SUPPLEMENTARY TO CORN FOR 'TWO-YEAR-OLD 



STEERS. FIRST PERIOD. 



RATIONS FED. 



Each lot of ten steers was fed for a period of twelve weeks 

 upon rations as follows: 



Lot 1, snapped corn and prairie hay. 



Lot 2, snapped corn, and equal parts prairie and alfalfa 

 hay. 



Lot 3, snapped corn and alfalfa hay. 



Lot 4, snapped corn and corn-stover. 



Lot 5, snapped corn, and equal parts corn-stover and al- 

 falfa hay. 



Lot 6, corn fodder (entire plant) and alfalfa hay. 



CHARACTER OF THE FOODS USED. 



The snapped corn fed in this experiment was taken from 

 the stalk after it was thoroly ripened and cured and was fed 

 husk and all in flat-bottomed feeding bunks built large 

 enough to accommodate the ten steers at one time. A few of 

 the largest ears were broken in two when placed in the box. 



The alfalfa and prairie hay were both of good quality, the 

 former being from an early cutting and medium in fineness. 

 The corn-stover, which name is applied to stalks from which 

 the ears have been removed, was purchased from neighboring 

 farms, the crop having been cut and shocked shortly after 

 the ears ripened, about September 15. The stalks were in 

 fairly good condition, tho hardly as bright as the year pre- 

 vious when the crop was grown and handled on the Univer- 

 sity farm. 



The corn-fodder used in Lot 6 was the same as just de- 

 scribed except that the ears were attached and the expense 

 of husking thus obviated. Some additional stalks were fed 

 at first and additional snapped corn at the close. The weight 



