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up to a height of about two-and-one-half feet. In the 

 first style it is expected that tlie steer put his whole head 

 through between the uprights while in the second, only 

 his nose. With the second it sometimes requires nice 

 adjustment to have the slats just wide enough apart so 

 that the steer can eat well and yet with no danger of his 

 putting his whole head through and getting caught. 

 Either rack may be made with the posts set in the ground 

 or may be built on skids so as to be movable. Both racks 

 are good and are in general use throughout the West. 

 There seems to be little preference between the two. 



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■ Bunks for Feeding Grain or Silage. 



When grain is used, it is fed in bunks as shown in Fig. 

 7. This style of grain-bunk is in almost universal use 

 wherever grain is fed to cattle on a large scale. The 

 dimensions indicated may be varied a little. Amateur 



