BULLETIN 954, U. S. DEPAKTMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. 

 Table 1. — General plan of the three years' loorh. 



Lot 



No. 



Steers 

 in 

 lot. 



Winter feed.i 



Summer 

 feed.2 



1916-17 

 1917-lS 

 1918-19 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 

 1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 

 1918-19 



Mixed hay 



do..; 



do 



Corn silage 



do 



do 



Corn silage, stover, and straw. 



do 



do 



Winter pasture 



do 



do 



Stover, hay and straw 



Grass. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



1 From^ about Dec. 12 to Apr. 15. 



2 From about Apr. 15 to Sept. 5, when they were sold as feeders, 



3 The plan, was to winter-graze the steers of Lot .5 in 1918-19, but a shortage of winter pasture prevented it. 



Fig. 2. — Character of experimental ealtle and pasture land. 

 KIND OF STEERS USED. 



The cattle used in this work were all western North Carolina- 

 grown steers. They were mostly 2-year-olds, averaging about 800 

 pounds each when purchased in the fall. They were a good, uniform 

 lot of grade cattle, representing Shorthorn blood principally, with 

 some Angus, Hereford, and Devon intermixed. 



FEEDS USED. 



The winter feeds — corn silage, stover, corn, and straw — were such 

 as are ordinarily produced on the farm. The hay consisted largely 

 of a mixture of red clover, timothy, orchard grass, and redtop. 



Most of the summer pastures had been established for some time. 

 Some of them were winter pastures which had been used in the 

 previous three years' work. These pastures consisted largely of a 



