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1907*08 were $2.89, $3.17 and $3.03 per hundred weight 

 respectively. In 1908-'09 the spring costs were $3.01, $3.34, 

 $3.20, and $3.09 jer hundred weight in Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 

 respectively. 



It is seen that the cheap coarse feeds produced about as 

 good results as the high priced feeds, and at the same time 

 the steers were carried through the winter much more eco- 

 nomically with the cheap than with the expensive feeds. It 

 will always pay to make use of the coai'se or cheap winter 

 feeds for the mature steers and save the high-priced feeds 

 for the young animald of the farm. 



It is well known that the effects of feeding mature cattle 

 through the winter months continue throughout the follow- 

 ing grazing season. Those mature cattle which make the 

 most gain through the winter may be expected to make the 

 smallest gains the following summer. This has been found 

 to be true in this work, but a detailed presentation of this 

 point will be found in later publications. 

 Table 5. Total Sunnnary of Winter Work. 



1907-'08-84 days 



c 





 "a 



V 



"^ C 



X " 



^ »* c 



^ »j 5 



V c ^ 



•0& 



a a, 



V C 



«"> 



«- 3 " 

 H ~ ii 



1908-'09-98 days 



c 







"a 



ii 



_ M 



C 



MO— « 



T3T3 

 C <U 



a ii 

 m 



it a 



'^ C s 

 0,5 ° 





Averag'e weig-ht of ) 

 steers at begin- >• 

 ning of test ) 



Totalgain persteer / 

 for whole winter f 



Average daily gain ) 

 per steer ) 



Concentrates con- ) 

 sumed per steer > 

 per day ) 



Roughage con-) 

 sumed per steer > 

 per day ) 



Average expense ) 

 to winter each 

 steer 



Initial, or fall cost 

 of steers per cwt. 



Total cost fcteers ) 

 percwt in spring ( 



722 lbs. 



-97. lbs 



lbs. 

 1.15 



$2.50 



$2.89 



726 lbs. 



—6. lbs. —9.1b 



724 lbs. 



lbs. 

 -.07 



2. 35 lbs. 



S.Slbs 



$4.70 



$2.50 

 $3.17 



lbs. 

 -.11 



S.Slbs. 



$3.57 



:.50 



$3.03 



705 lbs. 



—106 lbs. 



lbs. 



-1.08 



$2.56 



$3.01 



689 lbs 



-40. lbs. 



lbs. 

 -.57 



11 8 lbs 



$2.06 



$2.56 

 $3.09 



