94 



Table 12. — Weights, Total Gains, and Average Dailij 

 Gains of the Steers During the Summer of 1910. 



The Young Steers. 



(April 2, 1910— Aug. 26, 1910.) 



(147 days.) 



The Common Steers. 

 (April 23, 1910— Sept. 2, 1910.) 



Each of the young steers made a total gain of 164 

 pounds during the 147 days that they were on feed. This- 

 was an average daily gain of 1.14 pounds. As stated be- 

 fore, these gains were exceedingly unsatisfactory. With 

 the amount of cottonseed cake they received along with 

 the pasture it was expected that they would make not less 

 than an average daily gain of 2 pounds a day. In some 

 former feeding work* the daily gains obtained averaged 

 more than two pounds when the pastures were supple- 

 mented by cottonseed cake. 



The common cattle of lot Y (pasture alone) made 

 fairly satisfactory gains, although larger gains were ex- 

 pected. Each steer made an average daily gain of 1.33 

 pounds, or a total gain of 177 pounds for the whole- 

 summer of 133 days. The steers (Lot X) which received 

 some cottonseed cake along with the pasture made a 



*See Alabama Station Bulletin 151 or Bureau of Animal Indus- 

 try Bulletin 131. 



