— 18 — 
the balance weighed back each day. In the same way pen No. 
3 was given ali the cut corn fodder they would eat. Pen No. 
4 had all the corn ensilage they would eat up ciean, which 
was found to be thirty-tive pounds per head per day. Pen 
No. 2 had, in addition to coarse feed, six pounds of cracked 
wheat and twenty pounds of cut beets; these were all eaten 
up clean, as were also the thirty pounds of beets given to 
pen No. 5. Pen No. 6 was started on ten pounds ot cracked 
wheat, but the steers were not able to handle it. it was cut 
down to six pounds and finally raised and and held at six 
pounds of cracked wheat and two pounds of corn chop per 
day per head. Of the hay and cut fodder corn considerably 
more was fed than was eaten, the balance serving to feed 
six head of horses and proved an economical way of using 
up the coarse fodder. 
The steers were weighed every two weeks, the 
endeavor being to weigh them about ten o’clock in the fore¬ 
noon, after feeding and before watering. The weighing 
was always done before watering, but it varied two hours 
in time, and this made quite a difference in the amount of 
feed taken into the system, especially in the pens eating 
beets and ensilage. Some wide differences in weights are 
probably due to this cause. 
FEEDING RECORD, DECEMBER 27 TO JANUARY Q. 
No. of Pen. 
Hay Fed. 
Fodder Corn Fed. 
Refuse. 
Hay Eaten. 
Fodder Corn 
Eaten. 
Wheat and Corn. 
Ensilage. 
Beets. 
Total Digestible 
Dry matter per 
day per head. 
Gain per day per 
head. 
1. 
1132 
210 
265 
911 
166 
12.3 
1 4 
2. 
883 - 
281 
306 
653 
205 
205 
700 
15.9 
2 9 
3 . . 
630 
843 
831 
488 
654 
11.5 
2 7 
4 . 
630 
210 
208 
474 
158 
1147 
13.9 
2 5 
5 . 
843 
281 
333 
593 
198 
950 
12 5 
6. 
843 
281 
271 
635 
218 
354 
15.7 
3 5 
Total. 
4961 
2106 
1711 
3754 
1599 
559 
1147 
1650 
13.6 
2.67 
FEEDING 
RECORD, JANUARY 9 
TO 
JANUARY 23. 
1. 
1120 
210 
217 
939 
174 
12.7 
1.0 
2. 
804 
268 
353 
539 
180 
252 
840 
15.8 
1.4 
3. 
630 
880 
342 
493 
675 
11 8 
0 6 
4. 
630 
210 
220 
465 
155 
1470 
15 6 
1 4 
5. 
780 
260 
281 
555 
204 
1260 
13 4 
2 4 
6. 
780 
260 
285 
552 
203 
374 
15 0 
—1.6 
Total. 
4744 
2088 
1698 
3543 
1591 
626 
1470 
2100 
14.0 
0.8 
FEEDING 
RECORD, JANUARY 23 TO FEBRUARY 6. 
1. 
1120 
210 
277 
889 
164 
12.1 
2.0 
2 
826 
275 
360 
555 
185 
252 
840 
16.0 
2.5 
630 
910 
366 
484 
690 
11 8 
2 4 
4. 
630 
210 
321 
389 
130 
1470 
14 6 
—0 3 
5. 
825 
275 
300 
600 
200 
1260 
14 0 
0 0 
6. 
825 
275 
264 
627 
209 
336 
.... 
15.3 
0 1 
Total. 
4855 
2155 
1888 
3544 
1578 
588 
1470 
2100 
14.0 
1.1 
