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else, perhaps, kept the steers from losing weight while 

 on the range, as it gave good grazing in March and April. 

 The steers evidently gained in weight during these two 

 months. The steers were not taken olT this range until 

 April 23, 1910. 



The young steers of Lots 4 and 5 were not turned on 

 the range. 



PLAN OF THE FEEDING. 



In order to give a clear idea of the nature of the work, 

 the general plan of the feeding is outlined helow: 



Table 6. — General Plan of The Feeding. 

 The Young Steers. 



Lot 



Number 



of 



steers 



17 



Winter Feeding 

 (Dec. 6. 19«9-March 31. i910) 



Cottonseed meal \ ^o 

 Cottonseed hulls J ration 



Cottonseed meal t 

 Cottonseed hulls - j^.j 

 Johnson-grass hay ) ration 



Summer Fattening 

 (April 2, 1910- Aug. 26, 1910) 



Pasture 

 Cottonseed cake 



Pasture 

 Cottonseed cake 



The Common Steers, 



Dec. 6. 1909 April 23, 1910 April 23, 1910-Sept. 2, 1910 



Range onlv 



Range onlv 



Pasture 

 Cottonseed cake 



Pasture alone 



The general plan was to feed the steers of Lot 4 and 5 

 sufficient feed to produce small gains throughout the 

 winter months. They were a good class of cattle and 

 young, so it was thought that it would pay to feed them 

 liberally during the winter months. Accordingly a par- 

 tial ration of cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls was 

 fed to the steers in Lot 4 while those in Lot 5 had some 

 Johnson-grass hay added to the basal ration of cotton- 



