BEEF CATTLE IX NORTH CAROLINA. 23 



Table 10. — Total and daily gains, three summers. 

 1914. 



Lot 



Number 



of 

 steers. 



Days on 



No. 



feed. 



1 



25 



126 



2 



25 



126 



3 



35 



165 



4 



17 



177 



Ration. 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



do 



Pasture only 



do 



Average 



Average 



Total 



initial 



final 



average 



weight 



weight 



gam 



per steer. 



per steer. 



per steer. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



741 



1,087 



346 



688 



1,054 



366 



592 



972 



380 



532 



860 



328 



daily 



gain 



per steer. 



Pounds. 

 2.75 

 2.90 

 2.30 

 1.85 



1-a 



12 



140 



l-b 



12 



127 



2-a 



12 



140 



2-b 



12 



127 



3 



31 



140 



4 



26 



140 



Pasture only 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



Pasture only 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



Pasture only 



....do 



708 



1,137 



429 



742 



1,086 



344 



705 



1,073 



368 



715 



1,116 



401 



646 



1,013 



367 



722 



1,067 



345 



3.06 

 2.71 

 2.63 

 3.15 

 2.62 

 2.46 



1-a 



11 





l-b 



12 





2-a 



12 





2-b 



12 





3 



33 





4 



16 









Pasture only 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



Pasture only 



Pasture and cottonseed cake. 



Pasture 



....do 



772 



1,099 



327 



789 



1,136 



347 



759 



1,105 



346 



768 



1,138 



370 



730 



1,064 



334 



788 



1,104 



316 



2.34 

 2.48 

 2.47 

 2.64 

 2.39 

 2.26 



Section 1 of Table 10, giving the results of the 1914 work, shows 

 the initial weight of the cattle in Lot 1 to be 741 pounds, and the 

 final weight after 126 days to be 1,087 pounds, making a total gain 

 per steer of 346 pounds, or a daily gain of 2.75 pounds. The steers 

 in Lot 2 made a total gain of 366 pounds, or an average daily gain 

 of 2.90 pounds. The grass-finished cattle in Lot 3 made an average 

 gain of 380 pounds, or an average daily gain of 2.30 pounds. The 

 winter-grazed cattle (Lot 4), which were much lighter cattle, made a 

 total gain of 328 pounds per steer, or an average daily gain of 1.85 

 pounds for a period of 177 days. It must be remembered that the 

 cattle in Lots 1, 2, and 3 lost heavily during the previous winter 

 and the unusual gains on these steers were due partly to getting back 

 the flesh lost during the previous winter, and that those in Lot 4 

 gained in weight during the winter. As will be shown later, the total 

 gain on the cattle in Lot 4 from fall to fall is larger than the gain on 

 any of the other lots of steers. This is an interesting fact in connec- 

 tion with winter grazing and the possibility of adapting it to all 

 mountainous counties of North Carolina and of adjoining States. • 



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

 Lot 1, division " a," contained 12 steers, which made a total gain of 

 429 pounds, or an average daily gain of 3.06 pounds. These cattle 

 made an unusually large gain this year. The only way to account for 



