WINTER EATIOjSTS AISTD PASTUEE GAUSTS OF CALVES. 9 



Table 7. — Summary of gains in tveight per calf, xvinter and summer. 



Lot 



No. 



Ration. 



Season. 



Gain per 

 calf in 

 winter. 



Gain per 



calf in 



summer. 



Total 



gain per 



calf. 



Daily 



gain per 



calf. 



1 



Corn silage, rye hay, and cottonseed meal 



1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 



Pounds. 

 56 

 42 

 66 



Pounds. 

 185 

 204 

 191 



Pounds. 

 241 

 246 

 257 



Pounds. 

 0.80 

 .81 

 .85 







55 



193 



248 



.82 











2 



(1916-17 

 n917~18 

 11918-19 



41 

 44 



55 



217 

 194 

 164 



258 

 238 

 219 



.85 

 .79 







.73 







46 



192 



238 



.79 





Mixed hay and grain 







■^ 



11916-17 

 ^917-18 

 ll918-19 



73 



102 

 118 



193 

 181 

 172 



266 

 283 

 290 



.88 

 .94 







.96 







98 



183 



280 



.93 











DIAGRAMS OF GAINS AND LOSSES. 



The four charts, figures 6, 7, 8, and 9, show the gains and losses 

 of the calves by 28-day periods. The first three show the effects 

 of the three rations under comparison for the three years they were 



Fig. 5. — Lot 3, calves fed mixed hay and a grain mixture. Photographed at the end of 

 the winter period, April 25, 1919. 



used, one chart being used for each ration. The fourth chart shows 

 the average gains for three years for each of the three rations. 



Horizontal distance on the chart indicates the number of days 

 that the calves were fed during the three winters and pastured dur- 

 ing the three summers. The date on which each monthly period be- 

 gan is given also. The average length of the total period for the 



