COMPARISON OF ROUGHAGES FOR FATTENING STEERS. 
AVERAGE DAILY RATIONS. 
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The average daily ration per steer by 28-day periods and the aver- 
age ration for the entire period of 127 days is shown in the follow- 
ing table: 
Table 8. — Average daily ration per head by 28-day periods. 
Lot 
No. 
Numbsr 
ol steers. 
Feeds. 
First 
period. 
Second 
period. 
Third 
period. 
Fourth 
period. 
Fifth 
period. 
(15 days). 
Entire 
period 
(127 
days). 
20 
20 
20 
20 
Pounds. 
4.1 
40.5 
4.1 
36.0 
3.7 
4.1 
36.3 
3.5 
4.1 
7.7 
7.7 
7.7 
Pounds. 
5.8 
46.0 
5.8 
41.1 
3.0 
5.8 
41.0 
1.7 
5.8 
7.9 
7.9 
7.9 
Pounds. 
6.9 
41.0 
6.9 
37.7 
2.4 
6.9 
37.8 
2.3 
6.9 
8.9 
8.9 
8.9 
Pounds. 
7.0 
42.7 
7.0 
38.7 
1.5 
7.0 
38.8 
0.9 
7.0 
7.8 
7.8 
7.8 
Pounds. 
7.0 
40.8 
7.0 
39.5 
0.8 
7.0 
39.0 
0.8 
7.0 
7.4 
7.4 
7.4 
Pounds. 
6.1 
1 
42.4 
2 
[Cottonsead nieal 
6.1 
38.6 
2.5 
6.1 
3 
38.6 
1.9 
6.1 
J Cowpea hay 
8.0 
4 
8.0 
[Corn stover 
8.0 
The steers of all four lots were fed cottonseed meal as the sole 
concentrate. As all the steers were of about the same size, and as a 
comparison of roughages was to be made, the steers of the various lots 
received the same amount of cottonseed meal each day. For the first 
28-day period the steers of all lots were fed 4.1 pounds of cottonseed 
meal each per day. The amount of cottonseed meal was gradually in- 
creased .so that all steers received an average of 5.8 pounds per head 
the second period, 6.9 pounds the third period, and 7 pounds per head 
per day during the fourth and fifth periods. The average amount of 
cottonseed meal consumed daily by each steer for the entire period of 
127 days was 6.1 pounds. 
The steers of Lot 1, which received sorghum silage as the sole 
roughage, consumed 40.5 pounds per head daily. Each steer in Lot 
2 consumed 36 pounds of silage and 3.7 pounds of corn stover, while 
each one in Lot 3 ate 36.3 pounds of silage and 3.5 pounds of oat 
straw. The average daily ration of roughage per steer in Lot 4 was 
7.7 pounds each of the following: Cowpea hay, oat straw, and corn 
stover. 
The steers of Lot 1 ate 46 pounds of silage per head daily during 
the second period, but this amount decreased for the subsequent 
periods. Each steer fed silage as the sole roughage consumed an 
average of 42.4 pounds per day for the entire 127-day period. 
The steers of Lot 2, which were fed silage with what corn stover 
they would eat, consumed 41.1 pounds of silage and 3 pounds of 
corn stover per head daily for the second period. During subsequent 
periods they ate somewhat less silage and stover. During the last 
two periods the steers did not seem to care much for the stover and 
