1893.] 



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The first feeding period in case of both animals shows a 

 decided loss in live weight ; this result is presumably largely 

 due to the influence of an entire change in mode of keeping 

 and feeding, and cannot be charged to the daily diet. 



2. Recoi\l of Summer Pasturing. 

 May 10, 1890, to Sept. 30, 1890. 



Ko. 1. 



No. 2. 



Date of turning steers into pasture, 



Date of closing pasturing, 



Number of days of pasturing, 



Live weight of steers when turned into 



pasture, 



Live weight of steers at close of past- 

 uring, 



Total weight gain during pasturing, 



Average gain in weight per day, . 



Cost of feed per day, allowing forty 

 cents per week for use of pasture. 



Cost of feed per pound of live weight 

 gained, 



May 10, 1890. 



Sept. 30, 1890. 



144 



840 lbs. 



923 " 



83 " 



0.58 " 



5.71 cts. 



9.91 " 



To meet the expenses for the use of the pasture, per head, 

 forty cents a week, requires a daily increase in live weight 

 of 1.52 pounds, or about twice as much as we actually 

 secured. The daily increase in live weight no doubt varies 

 during the season more or less, in consequence of changes in 

 the weather and in the condition of the pasture. A mere 

 statement of the final results at the close of the season does 

 not show the degree of temporary adverse influence. Aside 

 from these circumstances, there is, however, another serious 

 source of loss in live weight ; apparently unavoidably con- 

 nected with a system of changing from stall feeding to pastur- 

 ing, and from the latter again to stall feeding. The loss in 



