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animals running together in one feed lot, much extra care must be exer- 

 cised to prevent the sickening of the more greedy ones. He says: "In 

 January, 1896, however, after the most extreme care during the fall in 

 putting our cattle on feed, and after they had been for a lomg while on a 

 feed of ground grain of nearly twenty pounds per day, besides the corn 

 they were getting in cut fodder, when attempting to raise them to a full 

 feed of ground grain we sickened 150 head in a day, and killed several." 



In the feeding experiment at this Station, we found much trouble in 

 getting some of the range steers to eat grain feed. They were first fed a 

 mixture of bran and shorts with a little oil meal and seemed to gradually 

 learn to like it. There was much difference in individuals, some taking 

 to grain very readily, even greedily after a few days, while others ate 

 sparingly for a long time. These steers which failed to- learn to eat 

 readily did not seem to be what are known by feeders as "dainty" steers, 

 but only slow in learning to eat. I can readily see how a considerable 

 percentage of such steeis in a bunch of cattle fed together might induce 

 the feeder to increase the quantity oi grain feed too ralpid'ly far the ca- 

 pacity of the more greedy animals. It was foumd also that after these 

 steers had acquired a taste for bran and shorts that they did not care 

 for so palatable a food as corn meal of a good grade. It took a number of 

 days to ger certain of them to eat even a fair amount of corn meal after 

 having Earned to eat bran and shorts greedily. The same difficulty, al- 

 though less marked, was fotmd in starting the lot of steers upon barley 

 alter the preliminary feeding on bran" and shorts for a month. It will 

 thus be seen that the feeder will be obliged to exercise care and to watch 

 his animals closely when a change in the ration is made. 



Mr. Allen's results answer some of the most important questions, 

 which come to one contemplating the establishment of a feeding station, 

 viz., How much grain will they consume per day? How much hay or 

 other rough forage will they eat? What rate of gain per day can be 

 expected Irom ranige cattle when fed in yards. What shrinkage do they 

 riake in shipping? How many cattle can be fed in a single yard? 



The average weight of Mr. .Mien's steers upon entering the feed lot 

 was i,027Y 2 pounds, and at the time of shipping them to market they 

 weighed 1,260 1-5 pounds. Thus it wi'i'l be seen that the figures given be- 

 low are from practically 50,000 head of cattle, fed in about equal numbers 

 during eleven seasons. 



The average weight of these steers was 1,143 4-5 pounds, which means 

 that they would be known to the buyer as 1,150 pound steers. 



The average length of time fed was 186 1-3 days, the range being from 

 126 to 252 days. 



They ate an average of 16 3-4 pounds of grain (largely corn meal) per 

 day. 



They consumed practically 12 pounds of hay and other rough food 

 daily. 



