WINTER RATIONS OF YEARLING STEERS. 



Table 5. — Total and daily gains and losses during four winters — Continued. 



1915-16. 











Average 



Average 



Total 



Average 



Lot 

 No. 



Number 







initial 



final 



gain(+) 



daily 



of 



Days. 



Ration. 



weight 



weight 



or loss 



gain or 



steers. 







per 



per 



(-)per 



loss per 











steer. 



steer. 



steer. 



steer. 











Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



Pounds. 



1 



10 



122 



Corn silage, mixed hay, and wheat straw. . 



678 



678 



00 



00 



2 



10 



122 



Corn silage, wheat straw, and cottonseed 













• 





meal 



678 



758 



+ 80 



+ .66 



3 



10 



122 





678 



671 



- 7 



— .06 









1 

 2 



10 

 10 



10 



134 

 134 



134 



Corn silage, mixed hay, and wheat straw. . 



Corn silage, wheat straw, and cottonseed 



meal 



690 



690 

 689 



709 



742 

 659 



+ 19 



+52 

 -30 



+ -14 

 + .39 



3 





- .22 









1916-17. 



', and whe 

 iw, and cc 



straw 



1917-18. 



Corn silage, wheat straw, and cottonseed 

 meal 



Mixed hay and wheat straw 



Corn silage and soy-bean hay 



Corn silage, rye hay, and cottonseed meal. 



10 



133 



10 



133 



10 



133 



10 



133 



671 



711 



+40 



671 



615 



-56 



671 



698 



+27 



671 



682 



+11 



+ .30 



+ .421 



+ .203 



+ .083 



Table 5 shows that in 1914-15 the cattle in Lot 1 fed on silage, 

 mixed hay, and straw lost an average of 23 pounds in 128 days during 

 the winter, equal to a daily loss of 0.18 pound per steer. In 1915-16 

 the lot fed the same ration neither lost nor gained weight during the 

 122 winter days. In 1916-17 the lot fed the same ration gained an 

 average of 19 pounds, equal to a daily gain of 0.14 pound per steer. 



Lot 2 in 1914-15, fed on silage, straw, and cottonseed meal, gained 

 an average of 74 pounds in 128 days, equal to a daily gain per steer 

 of 0.58 pound. The next year the corresponding lot gained 80 



Fig. 6.— Steers in Lot 4 at end of winter feeding, 1917-18. 

 183544°— 20— Bull. 870 2 



