26 BULLETIN 110, L T . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Table 9. — Results of winter feeding of steers on subsequent gains in summer fattening. 



1. STEEES WINTERED ON RANGE ALONE. 



Group and summer ration (average 

 for 3 years 1908, 1909, and 1910). 



Num- 

 ber of 

 steers 



in 

 group. 



Aver- 

 age 

 weight 

 of steers 

 in fall. 



Aver- I Aver- 

 age | age 

 total | daily 

 gain per gain per 

 steer, steer. 



Winter gains.: 



Summer gains. 



Combined 

 winter and sum- 

 mer gains. 



Aver- Aver- 

 age age 

 total daily 

 gain pergain per 

 steer, steer. 



Aver- 



Aver- 

 age 

 daily 



gam per gam per 

 steer, steer. 



Group A. Pasture alone 



Group B. Pasture and cottonseed cake 



(medium ration) 



Group C. Pasture and cold-pressed 



cake 



Group E. Pastu re and cotton seed 



Group F. Pasture and cottonseed cake 



(heavy ration) 



Group G. Pasture, cottonseed cake, 



and alfalfa hay 



Lbs. 

 662 



723 



709 



715 



592 



- 92 



-104 



- 99 

 -117 



—102 

 - 93 



Lbs. 



-1.02 



-1.18 

 -1.19 



-1.08 

 - .94 



Lbs. 

 225 



2s2 



196 

 351 



267 

 267 



Lbs. 

 1.79 



2.21 



1.74 

 2.28 



2.31 

 2.26 



Lbs. 

 133 



178 



97 

 234 



165 

 174 



Average for all groups. 



Lbs. 

 0.62 



.49 

 .93 



.79 

 .81 



2. STEERS WINTERED ON RANGE AND COTTONSEED MEAL AND HULLS. 



Group A. Pasture alone 



18 



21 



10 

 3 



13 



3 



723 



681 



689 

 675 



729 



571 



- 14 



- 8 



- 1 

 30 



60 



39 



-0.16 



- .09 



- .01 

 .23 



.63 



.43 



194 



244 



215 

 263 



208 



224 



1.53 



1.S9 



1.92 

 1.71 



1.71 



1.90 



ISO 



236 



214 

 293 



268 



263 



0.S3 



Group B. Pastureand cottonseed cake 



(medium ration) 



Group C. Pasture and cold-pressed 



1.07 

 1.09 



Group E. Pasture and cotton seed 



Group F. Pasture and cottonseed cake 



1.17 

 1.24 



Group G. Pasture, cottonseed cake, 

 and alfalfa hay 



1.26 







Average for all groups 





698 



8 



.088 



220 



1.76 



228 



1.06 









3. STEERS WINTERED ON RANGE AND COWPEA HAT. 



Group A. Pasture alone 



9 

 8 



767 

 678 



722 



- 21 



- 10 



6 



-0.25 

 - .12 



.07 



170 

 248 



212 



1.52 

 2.22 



1.S9 



149 

 238 



218 



0.76 



Group B. Pasture and cottonseed cake 

 Group C. Pasture and cold-pressed 

 cake 



1.22 

 1.11 



Average for all groups 





724 



-9.6 



- .11 



208 



1.86 



199 



1.01 









4. STEERS WINTERED ON RANGE AND DAMAGED HAT. 2 



Group A. Pastu re alone 



11 



12 

 3 



17 



648 

 643 

 731 



729 



- 66 



- 51 



- 52 



- 63 



-0.70 



- .54 



- .53 



- .67 



218 



244 

 341 



228 



1.59 

 1.76 

 2.22 



2.00 



152 

 193 

 289 



165 



0.65 



Group B. Pastureand cottonseed cake 



Group E. Pasture and cotton seed . . . 



Group P. Pasture and cottonseed cake 



(heavy ration) 



.82 

 1.15 



.79 







Average for all groups 





680 



- 64 



- .67 



236 



1.83 



172 



.77 









5. STEERS WINTERED ON RANGE AND COTTON SEED. 



Group A. Pasture alone 



5 

 9 

 3 



8 



657 

 671 



717 



772 



- 44 



- 47 



- 46 



- 25 



-0.45 



- .48 



- .47 



- 5>fi 



284 

 301 



270 



2S0 



1.84 

 1.95 

 1.76 



2.00 



240 

 253 

 224 



255 



0.95 



Group B. Pastureand cottonseed cake 



Group E. Pasture and cotton seed . . . 



Group F. Pastureand cottonseed cake 



(heavy ration) 



1.01 

 .89 



1 07 









Average for all groups 





706 



- 40 



- .40 



287 



1.93 



248 i m 











1 A minus sign (— ) indicates loss. 



2 The figures used for group 4 are for the whole period of 98 days of the year 1909 instead of the 70-day 

 period reported in Bureau of Animal Industry Bulletin 131. 



