Growing Feeder Steers in Western Nebraska 



the steers remained on pasture till the first of November. It 

 is probable that there was a shrinkage during October and 

 probably no gain after September 15 tho we have no data to 

 confirm this or disprove it. The three-year-old steers were 

 weighed August 5, and the experiment closed. Their summer 

 period ended before the beginning of the fall shrinkage or the 

 time of slow gain. On the other hand, the summer of 1910 was 

 one of the driest of any during the past 35 years and did not 

 favor growth of pasture. From these facts it is evident that 

 the gains of the three summers should not be considered as in- 

 dicative of the relative gains that may be expected from steers 

 of these different ages. 



TABLE 11. Relative gains of steer for six periods, in per cent, 

 using 100 per cent for the highest gains as a basis. 



* L indicates loss in weight. 



