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BULLETIN 628, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



it was that the pasture probably was better than that provided for 

 the others. Division " b " of Lot 1, the cake-finished cattle, in 127 

 days made a total gain of 344 pounds, or an average daily gain of 

 2.71 pounds. Lot 2, division " a," containing the grass steers, made a 



total gain of 368 

 pounds per steer, or 

 an average daily 

 gain of 2.63 pounds. 

 Lot 2. division " b," 

 containing the grass 

 and cake fed steers, 

 made a total gain 

 per steer of 401 

 pounds, or an aver- 

 age daily gain of 

 3.15 pounds. Lot 3, 



Fig. 5. — Cattle at beginning of summer fattening on pasture Containing the 

 and cottonseed cake, 1914. graSS-fed Steers, 



made a total gain of 367 pounds per steer, or an average daily gain of 

 2.62 poimds. Lot 4, containing the winter-grazed steers, made, on 

 grass alone during the summer, a total gain of 345 pounds per steer, 

 or an average daily gain of 2.46 pounds. These steers, as in previous 







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Fig. 6. — The same steers (shown in fig. 5) when finished in August, 1914. 



years, made larger gains from fall to fall than any of the other cattle. 

 However, all the steers in the four lots made good gains during the 

 summer. 



The third section gives the total and daily gains on the 1916 work. 

 This was an unusually good year from the standpoint of the gains 



