WINTER RATIONS OF YEARLING STEERS. 

 GAINS AND LOSSES, WINTER AND SUMMER. 



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The gains and losses in weight in both winter and summer are 

 summarized in Table 8, and averages are shown for lots fed on the 

 same rations indifferent years. ■ 



Fig. 7.— Steers in Lot 5 at end of winter feeding, 1917-18. 

 Table 7. — Summary of gains and losses in weight per steer, winter and summer. 



Lot 



No. 



Ration. 



Year. 



Gain (+) 

 or loss 

 (-)in 

 weight 



per steer 



in 

 winter. 



Gain in 

 weight 



per steer 

 in 



summer. 



Total 



gain in 



weight 



per steer, 



winter 



and 



summer. 



1 





1914-15 

 1915-16 

 1916-17 



Pounds. 



-23 



■ +00 



+19 



Pounds. 

 336 

 344 

 270 



Pounds. 

 313 







344 

 289 







- 1 



317 



316 







. ... 





2 



1914-15 

 1915-16 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 



+74 

 +80 

 +52 

 +40 



255 

 278 

 258 

 258 



328 







358 

 3 

 298 







+62 



262 



324 











3 



1914-15 

 1915-16 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 



-46 

 - 7 

 -30 

 -56 



315 

 310 

 306 

 305 



269 







303 

 276 

 249 







-35 



309 



274 











4 



1917-18 



+27 



240 



267 









5 



1917-18 



+11 



281 



292 









GRAPHIC PRESENTATION OF GAINS AND LOSSES. 



The comparative rapidity and extent of gains and losses can be 

 shown more clearly by the use of a chart than in any other way. 

 Accordingly a chart is presented herewith as figure 8, which shows 

 the average changes in weight of the steers of the three lots. 



Horizontal distance on the chart indicates the number of days 

 that the steers were fed during the winters and pastured during the 



