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BULLETIN 628, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 9. — Average total and daily rations, three summers — Continued. 



1915. 





Number 

 of steers. 



Number 

 of days 

 on feed. 



Ration. 



Cottonseed cake. 



Lot 

 No. 



Total con- 

 sumed by 

 each steer. 



Average 



daily ration 



per steer. 



1-a 



12 

 12 

 12 

 12 

 31 

 26 



140 

 127 

 140 

 127 

 140 

 140 



Pasture only 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



1-h 





530 



4.17 



?-a 







?-b 





530 



4.17 



3 







4 



do 













1916. 



1-a 



11 



140 



1-b 



12 



140 



2-a 



12 



140 



2-b 



12 



140 



3 



33 



140 



4 



16 



140 



Pasture only 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



Pasture only 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



Pasture only 



do 



525 



3.75 



525 



3.75 



The first section of Table 9, giving the results of the 1914 work, 

 shows that Lot 1 consisted of 25 steers, which were fed 126 days, 

 getting a daily ration of 3.47 pounds of cottonseed cake per steer in 

 addition to the grass. Not 2 contained 25 steers, which were fed 

 almost the same quantity of feed, or a daily ration per steer of 3.49 

 pounds cottonseed cake for 126 days. Lot 3 contained 35 steers, 

 which were on pasture for 165 days without any cottonseed cake. 

 Lot 4 contained the 17 winter-grazed steers, which were on summer 

 pasture for 177 days without any cottonseed cake. 



The second section, giving the results of the 1915 work, shows that 

 the cattle in division " a " of Lots 1 and 2 were on pasture alone for 

 140 days. The cattle of division " b " of these lots were fed for 127 

 days with a daily ration of 4.17 pounds of cottonseed cake per steer 

 in addition to the grass. Lots 3 and 4 (Lot 4 being the winter- 

 grazed cattle) were on pasture 140 days without any cottonseed cake. 



The third section, giving the results of the 1916 work, shows that 

 all the steers were on pasture 140 days. The steers in division " b " 

 of Lots 1 and 2 were given a daily ration per steer of 3.75 pounds 

 cottonseed cake, or a total of 525 pounds for the season. The re- 

 mainder of the cattle were given grass only. 



TOTAL AND DAILY GAINS. 



Table 10 shows the average initial and final weights per head for 

 the steers of each lot, and the total and average daily gains per steer 

 for the three summers. 



