90 



In Lot 4 it cost $8.95 to feed each steer through the 

 winter months. In Lot 5, where Johnson-grass hay was 

 used, the expense to feed each steer for the same length 

 of time was raised to $9.83. The Johnson-grass hay in- 

 creased tlie expense. When these winter expenses are 

 added to the original cost and allowance made for the 

 winter gains, the steers in the spring cost $4.41 and $4.60 

 per hundredweight in Lots 4 and 5 respectively, which 

 brought their average price to $30.79 for Lot 4, and 

 $31.11 for Lot 5. 



The steers in Lots X and Y were cheaper at the end 

 of the winter than they were the previous Tali. This 

 was due to the fact that they gained a few pounds during 

 the winter months (10 pounds each), while no expense 

 was attached to feeding them, as they were grazed on the 

 open range. It is, of course, an unusual occurence for 

 these two factors to be combined in this way. These 

 catttle were bought in the fall of 1909 for $2.25 per hun- 

 dredweight, but when spring arrived, April 23, 1910,. 

 their cost per hundredweight was reduced to $2.21. 



FATTEMNG THE CATTLE ON PASTURE. 



At the close of the winter tests the steers were redivided 

 into lots, turned into the summer pastures and fattened 

 for the late summer market. 



The winter feeding of Lots 4 and 5 was discontinued 

 March 31, 1910. On April 2, 1910, the pastures were ready 

 for grazing, so the summer fattening tests were inaugu- 

 rated on this date. The steers in Lots 4 and 5 were com- 

 bined into one lot, and grazed upon the same pasture 

 throughout the summer experiment. 



The range or common cattle (Lots X and Y) were 

 divided into two lots, as nearly equal as possible in 

 quality, size, breeding, and placed upon separate pas- 

 tures on April 23, 1910. One lot of cattle. Lot X, was fed 

 cottonseed cake along with the pasture; Lot Y was fed 

 nothing except pasture. 



The feeding was done once a day in open fed troughs; 



