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about thirty days earlier than was the case with those lots 

 which were receiving supplementary feeds. 



During the first winter each steer in Lot 2 consumed, in 

 addition to the range, 197 pounds of cottonseed meal and 714 

 pounas of hulls, while each steer the gecond winter ate 236 

 j)Ounds of cottonseed meal and 854 pounds of hulls. In 

 1908-'09 the animals were fed fourteen days longer than they 

 were in the winter of l907-'08. Each steer's daily ration 

 was kept a little below 2.5 pounds of cottonseed meal and 

 8.5 to 8.71 pounds of hulls. 



During the second winter the steers in Lot 3 were carried 



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Lot 2. — End of whiter 1909. Feed, cottonseed hulls and cotton- 

 seed meal plus range. Total winter gain of each steer, 3 

 pounds. Total cost of wintering each steer, $5.63. 



through the winter on cottonseed as a supplement to the 

 range. It was learned that 4.71 pounds of cottonseed per 

 steer per day was not quite sufficient to keep the animals 

 from losing weight. Each steer lost 40 pounds in weight 

 during the winter period of 98 days. 



In the first winter's work it is seen that 8.5 pounds of 

 good peavine hay, along with the range, afforded the steers 

 sufficient daily feed to allow them to maintain a practically 

 uniform weight. Or, when Lots 2 and 3 (19()7-'08) are 

 compared, it is seen that 714 pounds of cowpea hay were 

 practically equal in feeding value to 197 pounds of cotton- 



