8 BULLETIN 1024, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



CALVES PRODUCED AND THEIR BIRTH WEIGHTS. 



The following table shows the number of calves, born and raised in 

 each lot each season, with the average weight at birth of each lot. 



Table 5. — Numbers and birth weights of calves produced by each lot of cows. 



Lot 

 No. 



Ration. 



Season. 



Calves 



born 



per lot. 



Calves 

 raised 

 per lot. 



Average 

 birth 

 weight 

 per calf, 

 by lots. 



1 





1915-16 



1917-18 

 1918-19 



10 

 9 

 10 



10 

 9 

 10 



Pounds. 

 62.9 







70.3 

 64.6 





9.7 



9.7 



65.8 







1917-18 

 1918-19 





2 



10 

 9 



10 



9 



62.8 







73.0 





9.5 



9.5 



67.6 







1915-16 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 





3 



10 



8 

 10 



9 

 7 

 10 



67.0 







64.6 

 64.6 





9.3 



8.7 



65.5 







1915-16 





4 



10 



9 



61.1 









Table 5 shows that, in 1915-16, 30 calves were dropped, 2 of which 

 died. In 1916-17 the cows were sold at the end of the winter feeding 



Fig. 5. — Lot 3. Cows fed corn silage, cottonseed meal, and wheat straw, at the end of 

 the winter period, Apr. 25, 1919. 



period. In 1917-18, 27 calves were dropped. 1 of which died. In 

 1918-19, 29 of the cows dropped calves and raised all of them. 



