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slK.iihl 1)1' nntrMl thai Ihese lots were not started on feeds 

 ■al till' same date, sold at the same time, or fed and carej 

 for similarly the proceeding winter. This is not a test 

 in M-hich common cattle are compared with good ones. 

 Lots X and "i". however, are comparable with each other. 



All nf the cattle, except Lot Y which were on the pas- 

 ture alone, were given a very small daily feed of cake 

 during the first fe^^- weeks. Each of the young steers re- 

 ceived an average of only 2.19 pounds of cake daily dur- 

 ing the first 28 days. This amouid was increased from 

 time to time, as shown in the table. For a time each 

 steer was eating 6 pounds of cake a day, but this amount 

 was finally reduced somewhat on account of scouring 

 and hot ^^•eather. 



At first Ihc common steers (Lot X) were also given 

 a very small allowance of cottonseed cake, each steer re- 

 ceiving an average of 2.84 pounds of cake daily during 

 the first 28 days. The steers in this lot were never given 

 a daily feed of over 5 pounds of cake. The steers in Lot 

 Y received no feed at all in addition to the pasture, the 

 object being to learn whether it would pay to feed cot- 

 tonseed cake to steers of this grade while grazing a fair- 

 ly good pasture. 



WKIGHTS AND GAINS ON PASTURE 



The follo\\ing table shows the average initial weight, 

 average final weight, and the total and average daily 

 gains of each steer. All of the gains were unsatisfactory. 

 To have been entirely satisfactory the average daily 

 gains should have been not less than 2 pounds. The 

 authors are unable to state postively why the gains were 

 no greater, but it ^^•as probably due to the unusual 

 amount of rain during the grazing season. The pastures 

 were on low grounds which continued extremely wet 

 throughout the greater part of the test. The grass made 

 a good growth and the steers seemed to be well filled 

 practically all of the time, but, of course, the grass that 

 they obtained was very soft and full of water. 



