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The amount of mixed hay fed to Lot 1 was increased on the second 

 day of the experiment to 6 pounds per head per day as the ration given 

 above did not seem to satisfy the calves. On the third day the amount 

 of silage was increased to 20 pounds per head per day. It took about 

 three weeks to get the proportions of food stuffs used satisfactorily ad- 

 justed, especially was this true with the lot receiving silage. Each steer 

 in Lot 1 would have consumed 25 pounds of silage after the first ten 

 days. The average daily ration for each steer on March 3, 1902 was as 

 follows: 



Lotl— 



Silage 25 lbs 



Oats 2 lbs 



Mixed hay (clover and timothy) 4 lbs 



Lot 2— 



Shock corn 13.8 lbs 



Oats 2 lbs 



Mixed hay (clover and timothy) 4 lbs 



In a week's time it was found that th? shotes following the calves 

 getting silage were not only failing to make satisfactory gains, but were 

 actually losing in weight quite rapidly, a condition which was anticipat- 

 ed. The feeding of one pound of ear corn to each of the shotes in Lot 1 

 began February 13th. Under this treatment the pigs maintained a con- 

 stant weight until March 3rd, when the ear corn was increased from one to 

 two pounds per pig per day. During the week following this increase in 

 feed the pigs made an average da^ly gain of nearly a pound per head. Dur- 

 ing the next week, however, they lost about a tenth of a pound and it was 

 thought best to still further increase the amount of corn to three pounds 

 per pig per day. This ration, in addition to what was secured from the 

 •droppings of the steers getting silage, produced satisfactory gains. By 

 this system, however, we were not able to arrive at any very definite con- 

 clusion as to just how much of the gain of the pigs could be credited to the 

 droppings of the silage fed steers. It will be remembered that ten shotes 



