10 BULLETIN 110, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



From the above statement it is seen that steers which cost 2\ cents 

 a pound in the fall and weighed 637 pounds each at that time had 

 cost 3 cents per pound in the spring when they received range alone 

 and no charge was made for the range. In other words, the loss in 

 weight during the winter had increased their cost in the spring one- 

 half a cent per pound. 



The steers of lot 2 were in fine condition in the spring, being heavier 

 than when started in the experiment in the fall, but owing to the 

 cost of the feed consumed their value had increased to $3.12| per 

 hundred pounds, or 62^ cents per hundred pounds over the fall price. 



The winter work terminated March 9 and the steers were redivided 

 into lots for the summer feeding work, and charged at their spring 

 cost. It remains to be seen by the summer work whether it was 

 more profitable to feed the cattle through the whiter, thus bringing 

 them through to pasture in good condition, or to permit them to run 

 on range without feed and thereby lose about 100 pounds of flesh 

 during the winter, bringing them to the grazing season in very poor 

 but thrifty condition. This feature is fully discussed later. 



No losses from death are recorded here among the range cattle, 

 but it is quite common to lose a steer occasionally during severe win- 

 ters, when such a loss would probably not occur if the cattle were 

 getting some feed. That phase of the subject is not considered here 

 and is so variable that cattlemen will have to make such deductions 

 as will suit their conditions. 



SUMMARY OF THE WINTER WORK. 



1. The steers which received range alone lost 106 pounds each in 

 weight during the winter, and this loss in weight caused an increase 

 in cost of one-half a cent per pound in the spring. No charge was 

 made for the grazing during the winter. 



2. The steers of lot 2 made a gain of 43 pounds hi weight during the 

 91-day period. There was an average of 2.4 pounds of cottonseed 

 meal and 8.9 pounds of hulls consumed per day by each steer in this 

 lot at a cost of 5.8 cents, or $5.30 for the winter. 



3. The spring cost of the steers in lot 2 was $3. 12 \ per hundred- 

 weight, or an increase of 62 £ cents per hundredweight over the fall 

 price. They were in good condition at the close of the test. 



4. The steers of lot 4, which were fed coarse damaged hay, lost 72 

 pounds each in weight during the winter. 



SUMMARY OF THREE YEARS' WINTER WORK. 



For the sake of comparison a general summary of the three years' 

 winter work is given below. There are some variations in the figures 

 from year to year, due chiefly to the character of the winter and the 



