YEARLINGS TURNED TO PASTURE 



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of feed, transportation, and all other charges, there was left a net 

 margin of $9.38 per head. 



On May 31, 1914, the steers in Group VII averaged 601 pounds. 

 They were divided into two lots of equal weight, one was continued in 

 stall-feeding and the other was shipped to the substation at Waseca 

 to be turned out to pasture. The feed was ample throughout the sea- 

 son and conditions seemed favorable for making good growth, as the 

 pasture contained both bottomland and upland. There was ample 

 supply of grass, water, and shade. The steers received salt once a 

 week and were weighed at regular intervals. They were in pasture 153 

 days and were then shipped back to the central Station at University 

 Farm. After one week of stall-feeding they weighed 645.4 pounds, 

 having gained at the rate of approximately 0.29 of a pound per day. 

 The cause of the discrepancy in the gain of the two lots while in pas- 

 ture has been carefully studied without any satisfactory explanation 

 having been reached. 



TABLE XVIII 

 RECORD OF GROUP VII, PASTURE LOT 



Table XVIII gives the initial weight of the steers of Group VII 

 after returning from pasture, their average weight at the close of the 

 various periods, the grain, hay, and silage consumed, the average 

 amount of grain consumed daily, the gain per day, and the pounds of 

 grain consumed up to the time they weighed 1,205.8 pounds, the daily 

 average pounds of grain consumed, the gain made, and the pounds of 

 grain required on the average to make 100 pounds gain. The last line 

 gives similar data with respect to the first year of the group, except the 

 milk they received, which is not given. From the time they returned 

 from pasture until they reached a weight of 1,205.8 pounds, the amount 

 of the different grains consumed was: corn 1,056.2 pounds, flour mid- 

 dlings 470.9, oil meal 333.6, oats 327.5, bran 136.9, and barley 29.1. 



