TABLE: VII. Showing Average Daily Gain per Steer by Months 

 during Winters 1909-10 and 1910-11 



Date of experiment 

 Length of experiment 



Nov. 17, 1909 Apr. 26, 1910 

 (160 days) 



Nov. 18, 1910 Apr. 17, 1911 

 (150 days) 



As explained in Part I of this bulletin the low gain the second 

 month of 1909-10 was due to extremely cold weather during that 

 period. The low gain for the first month of 1910-11 was due to 

 the condition of the cattle and the change from pasture to dry lot. 



It will be noted that the rate of gain was very materially in- 

 creased by using 2.5 pounds instead of 1.25 pounds of cottonseed 

 meal daily per 1000 pounds live weight. The use of the larger 

 amount of nitrogenous concentrate effected an increase in daily gain 

 in 1909-10 of .28 pound and in 1910-11 of .25 pound daily per steer. 

 The effect of the heavier amount of cottonseed meal is more ap- 

 parent when silage is fed than otherwise because both corn and 

 silage have an excess of carbohydrates and require more nitrogen- 

 ous feed to balance the ration than if a leguminous hay were used 

 for roughage. 



COST OF GAINS. Table VIII shows the amount of feed con- 

 sumed per pound gain and the cost per 100 pounds gain with corn 

 at different prices. 



