Bulletin No. 96. 

 HOW THE EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED. 



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Sixteen head of steers were used in this experiment. These steers 

 were bred and raised by S. H. Gaitskill, of Mclntosh, Fla., and were 

 from native Florida cows, sired by a well-bred Shorthorn bull. The 

 steers were divided into four lots of four steers each, as nearly equal 

 in weight and quality as possible. Each lot was weighed at the begin- 

 ning, and every thirty days until the end of the experiment. The 

 weighings were all done in the morning, after feeding hay and grain, 

 but before watering. The weights given are averages of three weigh- 

 ings on three consecutive days. The weights were all taken on a pair of 

 wagon scales which were located near the feed-lots. A chute connected 

 the yard with the scales. The feeding-yard for each lot of steers was 

 75 by 100 feet. 



hig. 2. bteers ot Lot 1 at beginning ot test. 



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Fig. 3. Three steers of Lot I at end of test. 



THE FEEDS WHICH WERE COMPARED. 



The crab-grass hay, velvet beans, and sorghum silage used in this 

 feeding test were grown on the Station farm, and for the experiment 

 were estimated at $4.00, $6.00 and $3.00 per ton, respectively which 

 is about the actual cost of production. The corn, cottonseed meal, 

 and cottonseed hulls were purchased on the market, and when deliv- 

 ered at the railroad station cost : corn, $1.58 ; cottonseed meal, $1.50 : 



