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tion farm at Auburn during- the preceding September. 

 Before being placed on this pasture they had for several 

 davs been accustomed to eating green rye and had been 

 all allowed to make the fill that usually occurs when cat- 

 tle are first placed on green food. 



The increase in live weight was 1.G7 pounds per head 

 per day. 



The rye was about two feet high when the cattle were 

 turned on it, and although too old and coarse to be as 

 palal;able as at a younger stage, yet it was eaten clean. 



To determine the increase in live weight made by 

 thoroughbred and grade cattle of the beef breeds, weigh- 

 ings were made throughout the pasture season for such 

 beef animals in the Station herd as were kept continu- 

 ously on pasture. The following table gives first, the 

 data for five calves, grades of the beef breeds; and for 

 five mature cows, thoroughbreds and grades of the beef 

 breeds, for the time that they were kept continuously on 

 pasture. 



Gains of Station heef cattle on pasture alone. 



Name. 



Breed. 



•'- bX) 





Toom ihii Red Poll, 



Dangus [% Angus . . . 



Holstein !Hol. shoi't . 



Short horn 



%, Angus . 



V- Angus . 



Red Poll . , 



Gazelle I Short-horn 



Aubelle 



Foxella 



Dangus 2nd. 

 Clementina. 



Baroness. 

 Fancy. . . 



Grade Angus. 

 Grade Angus. 



Sally I Angus 



345 



340 



315 



455 



370 



238 



1050 



1010 



1045 



880 



855 



160 

 152 

 177 

 95 

 135 

 187 

 200 

 240 

 185 

 145 

 245 



214 

 214 

 214 

 214 

 214 

 184 

 183 

 183 

 183 

 183 

 183 



.74 



.71 



.82 



.44 



.63 



1.01 



1.09 



1.31 



1.01 



.78 



1.34 



