. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. KIND OF STEERS USED. The steers used in this work were purchased in the western or beef cattle producing section of this State. They were classed as 900-pound feeders. When taken from the pasture in the mountains they weighed slightly under 920 pounds per head. The steers were an average grade of 900-pound feeders usually secured in this State, there being a moder- ate variation in weight and quality. When the cattle were divided these qualities were apportioned equally in each of the t
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. The Bulletin. KIND OF STEERS USED. The steers used in this work were purchased in the western or beef cattle producing section of this State. They were classed as 900-pound feeders. When taken from the pasture in the mountains they weighed slightly under 920 pounds per head. The steers were an average grade of 900-pound feeders usually secured in this State, there being a moder- ate variation in weight and quality. When the cattle were divided these qualities were apportioned equally in each of the two lots fed cotton-seed hulls and corn silage. The cattle were dehorned grade Shorthorns, and reasonably uniform in weight, quality, and condition at the beginning of the feeding experiment. SHELTER AND WATER SUPPLY. The cattle were fed in a closed barn with a lean-to shed on the south side, as shown in the illustration. Each of the stalls, including both the bam and shed portion, was twenty feet wide and twenty-six feet long. The feed troughs extended entirely across the end of the stalls adjacent to the alleyway, making two and one-half feet of feeding space for each. Fig. 4. Barn in Which Steers Were Fed; steer. Both the steers and the manure were kept under cover the entire time except during the preliminary period in which the steers were left in the pasture during the daytime. The only exposure was the small amount of open space at each end of the shed and on the south side of same where water was provided. The water was furnished from that collected from the barn roof and from a well, from which it was pumped by a gasoline engine. The cattle had water before them at all times. This is a very important matter both for the farmer and the experimental worker. Cattle fed cotton- 2—August. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfe
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