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average of the lot. They were finished for early summer market by 

 feeding a heavier ration of cottonseed cake on grass for a short time, 

 hence this group is not directly comparable with any of the other 

 summer groups of cattle. However, the steers of group F in lot 1 

 can be compared with group F in lot 2, etc. 



Each steer in group F, lot 1, made a daily gain of 2.31 pounds per 

 steer during the summer. As they had made a daily loss of 1.08 

 pounds each during the winter the average daily gain for the whole 

 period was reduced to 0.79 of a pound per steer per day. 



The average daily gain during the summer for all steers in the 

 various groups of lot 1 was 2.09 pounds per head, and the average 

 daily gain per steer for the winter and summer periods combined was 

 0.74 of a pound. 



The average for all the groups of lot 1 shows the loss to be 101 

 pounds per steer during the winter and the summer gain to be 261 

 pounds per steer, or a net gain of 160 pounds per steer for a period 

 of about seven months. While these steers made a daily gain of 

 2.09 pounds each during every day of the summer period, they had a 

 winter loss of 101 pounds to overcome, so the total gain for the 

 whole period was low. 



STEERS WINTERED ON RANGE AND COTTONSEED MEAL AND HULLS. 



Under lot 2 are shown the results secured by feeding steers a half 

 ration of cottonseed meal and hulls during the winter in addition to 

 the grasses of the open range. It is immediately seen that the steers 

 in this lot did not experience the loss in weight as was the case with 

 the steers of lot 1. The total gain per steer during the winter for all 

 of the groups in lot 2 except group F varied from a loss of 14 pounds 

 per head to a gain in weight of 39 pounds per head, and the average 

 daily gains varied from a loss of 0.16 of a pound per steer to a gain of 

 0.43 of a pound per steer. The steers in group F are left out of the 

 comparison for the reason previously stated. The average gain for 

 each steer of lot 2 for the whole winter was 8 pounds, while the steers 

 of lot 1 experienced an average loss of 101 pounds per head. 



During the summer the steers of lot 2, which received pasture aione, 

 made the smallest daily gains. They also made the smallest daily 

 gains for the whole test, or from fall until the end of .the test in 

 the summer. The largest daily gains during the summer were made 

 by the steers which received cold-pressed cottonseed cake on pasture. 

 This gain amounted to 1.92 pounds per day. 



The steers fed cottonseed cake in addition to pasture and those 

 fed cottonseed cake and alfalfa hay on pasture gave practically the 

 same results, gaining an average of 1.89 and 1.90 pounds per day 

 per head. Cottonseed failed to produce as good gains on these steers 

 as cottonseed cake during the summer months, but the gain pro- 

 duced during the winter and summer periods when combined was 

 practically the same for each lot. 



