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until within a few weeks of the date of beginning the experiment, when 

 they all received shock corn and mixed hay. The calves as they ar- 

 rived from Kansas were quite thin, .showing the effects of short pas- 

 tures: but by the time they were put in the experiment, February 5, 

 1902, they were in good thrifty condition and of about 500 pounds aver- 

 age weight. It was a decided advantage to be able to get calves that 

 were so nearly uniform and that had been so similarly treated'. They 

 were divided into two lots of twenty-five each, care being taken to make 

 lots equal as to age, thrift and anility. 



'Ten shotes averaging 65 pounds each were placed with each lot of 

 calves, the object being, to reduce the waste of shock corn feeding to the 

 minimum by converting the corn in the droppings into pork and to de- 

 termine what benefit, if any, pigs would get in following silage-feed 

 steers. 



SHELTER FOR CALVES AND PLG-S. 



The calves and pigs were given the run of feed lots in which they 

 had access to the shelter of a large shed adjoining the barn in which 

 were the mixed hay and the stave silo containing th<$ silage used in this 

 experiment. The shelter provided tor these calves was warmer and more 

 protected than the average feed-lot shed, owing to its location and to the 

 fact that it was not all open on one side. The calves and pigs gained ac- 

 cess to it by large doorways opening to the south. The kind of shelter 

 afforded is specified because it is generally believed, and' rightly so, that 

 cattle fed largely on silage or other succulent food should have warmer 

 quarters than those fed on a dry ration. Then again it should be remem- 

 bered that the animals used in this experiment were calves which no 

 effort was being made to fatten, but simply to keep growing nicely. It is 

 economy to give such calves reasonably warm winter quarters even in 

 localities where there mightbe a question as to the economy of furnishing 

 to fleshy cattle on full feed anything more than shelter from wet storms 

 and cold, driving winds. 



