WIIS'TER EATIONS AND PASTURE GAINS OF CALVES. 



field in the spring. This provides in the year following the wheat 

 crop a mixed hay of approximately one-half timothy and one-half 

 clover. The mixed hay used in this Avork was obtained in this 

 manner. 



In making rye hay the seed is sown in the fall, as it would be for 

 raising grain, except that more seed per acre is used. In the spring, 

 just before the rye blooms, it is cut and cured. 



Fig. 3. — Lot 1, calves fed corn silage, rye hay, and cottonseed meal. Photographed at 

 the end of the winter period, April 25, 1919. 



CHARACTER OF PASTURE. 



Each year the calves were turned on to a rather rough, hilly pas- 

 ture of about 200 acres, one-half of which is woodland. A small 

 stream, which flows through the pasture, provides an abundance of 

 fresh water at all times throughout the summer. 



The soil is of limestone formation. A fairly good growth of blue 

 grass with white clover is found on all parts of the pasture not in 

 timber. Under normal climatic conditions there is rainfall enough 

 to keep the grass growing throughout the season. However, the 

 latter part of the summer of 1917 was so dry that the calves made 

 only small gains, as shown in figures 6, 7, and 8. 



METHOD OF FEEDING AND HANDLING THE CALVES. 



In the fall before starting the calves on winter feed they were 

 divided into lots of 10 each. In making this division care was taken 

 to have the lots as nearly uniform as possible in quality, breeding, 

 size, and condition. The different lots were given the same amount 

 of space in open sheds with small outside lots about 30 by 60 feet 



