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6. The steers in Lots X and Y (combined during the 

 winter months) averaged 565 pounds in weight at the 

 beginning of the winter test, December 6, 1909. At tli^^ 

 close of the winter, April 23, 1910, they had attained 

 an average weight of 575 pounds. 



7. To feed each steer through the winter cost $8.95 

 and $9.83 in Lots 4 and 5 respectively. Johnson-grass 

 hay increased the expense; it did not pay to use the hay 

 along with the cottonseed meal and hulls. 



8. The steers in Lots 4 and 5 cost 3^^ cents a pound 

 when they were purchased the fall of 1909. At the 

 end of the winter feeding they had cost $4.41 and 4.60 

 per hundredweight respectively, after the gains were 

 taken into consideration. 



9. Owing to the fact that the common cattle in Lots^ 

 X and Y were fed nothing except range during the 

 cold months, but at the same time gained a little in 

 weight, they v/ere cheaper when spring opened thau' 

 they were the previous fall. They were bought in the 

 fall of 1909 for $2.25 per hundredweight, and at the end 

 of the winter period, April 23, 1910, their cost per hun- 

 dredweight was reduced to $2.21. 



10. When the spring of 1910 arrived all the cattle 

 were turned on pasture and fattened for the late summer 

 market. Lots 4 and 5 were combined into one lot, while 

 Lots X and Y were separated into two lots. The steers 

 in Lot 4 and 5 were fed cottonseed cake along with pas- 

 ture from April 2, 1910 to August 26, 1910. The steers in^ 

 Lots X and Y were given the following feeds from April 

 23, 1910 to September 2, 1910: 



Lot X— 

 Pasture, 

 Cottonseed cake. 



Lot Y— 



Pasture alone. 



11. The steers in Lots 4 and 5 (now combined) made- 

 an average daily gain of only 1.14 pounds during the- 

 pasture season. This was unsatisfactory. 



