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8. The steers which, were wintered on coarse waste hay did not 

 make as good gains on pasture nor as large daily gains for the winter 

 and summer periods combined as the steers of the other lots which 

 received feed. 



9. The wintering of cattle by the use of feed in addition to the 

 natural range will be both economical and profitable for cattle which 

 are to be fattened early in the summer, but the longer the summer 

 grazing season the less economical and profitable the previous winter 

 feeding will have been. If the steers in the foregoing tests had 

 been grazed until pasture gave out in October, instead of being sold 

 in July or August, it is extremely doubtful if any difference in fat- 

 ness could have been detected between the steers which wintered 

 on range alone and those which received feeds. 



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