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lot were thin at the end of the winter season, still they were 

 in good condition for grazing; they evidently had not been 

 weakened in any way. At the opening of the spring the steers 

 in the peavine hay lot (Lot 3) seemed to be in better thrift 

 than those in Lot 2, (the cottonseed meal and hulls lot), but 

 they made practically the same gains in weight during the 

 following summer. The hay used in 1907-'0S was of good 

 quality. 



During the winter of 1908-'09, the test continued from 

 December 4th to March 12th — a period of 98 days. There 

 were practically the same loses in live weight as the previous 

 winter in Lots 1 and 2. In the ranffe lot each steer lost 106 



Lot 1. — End of winter 1909. Feed, range alone. Total winter 

 gain of each steer, — 106 pounds. Total cost of wintering 

 each steer, (?). 



pounds. The steers in Lots 3 and 4 lost rapidly in weight 

 the last month of the test, due to the fact that the gi-azing 

 on the range was not good at the end of the season ; it was 

 not intended that they should shrink in weight. Lot 4 was 

 not started in the test until January 1, so the cattle in 

 this lot were fed only seventy days. The hay used by Lot 

 4 was a very cheap hay; it was made up of a mixture of 

 Johnson grass, crab grass, and some alfalfa, but had b?en 

 damaged by rain to such an extent that it could not be sold. 

 at all. 



