BULLETIN 954, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Fig. 4. — Showing condition of steers at end of winter period. 



Table 2. — Average total and daily rations for three winters. 



Lot 

 No. 



Ration. 



Season. 



Steers 

 in lot. 



Total 



feed per 



steer. 



Daily 



feed per 



steer. 



1 



Mixed Iiay i 



1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 



28 

 25 

 25 



Pounds. 

 1,470 

 1,260 

 1,428 



Pounds. 

 11.67 





Average 



10.00 

 11.33 







1,389 



11.03 





Corn silage ^ 



1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 







9 



25 

 25 

 25 



3,710 

 2,800 

 3,094 



29. 44 





Average for 1916-17 and 1918-19 



28. 57 

 24.56 







3, 402 



27.00 





Corn silage,^ stover and straw 



1916-17 



1917-18 



- 1918-19 







">, 



25 

 30 

 30 



1,890 

 826 



1,960 

 728 



1,890 

 749 



15.00 







6.56 

 15.55 



5.78 

 15.00 



5.94 







1,915 

 764 



15.20 





Average stover and straw 







6.07 





Winter pasture •> 



1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 

 1918-19 







4 



17 

 40 

 25 

 20 









Stover, hay, and straw '•> 













5 



1,260 



10 00 









1 Lot 1 received 2 pounds of ear coin per steer per day, or a total of 42 pounds, during the last 21 davs 

 in 1916-17, and 2 pounds per steer per day, or a total of 84 pounds, during the last 42 days in 1917-18 and 

 1918-19. 



2 As silage was not^d during the last 14 days in 1916-17 and only a half ration was fed the preceding 

 28 days, each steer received an average ration of 8.67 pounds, or a total of 364 poiinds, of com stover during 

 the last 42 days, and 2 pounds, or a total of 28 pounds, of ear corn and one-half pound, or a total of 7 pounds, 

 of cottonseed cake during the last 14 days. In 1917-18 the steers were turned on pasture the last 28 days 

 of the winter period because there was not sufficient silage for them. An increase of 59 pounds in weight 

 this last month accounts for the small loss for the entire winter period. In 1918-19, to make the silage 

 hold out 6.25 pounds daily, or a total of 175 pounds, of corn stover and straw were fed from the seventieth 

 to the ninety-eighth day. 



3 As silage was not fed during the last 14 days, the stover and straw was increased to 12 pounds per steer 

 daily; and 2 pounds daily, or a total of 28 pounds, ofear corn and one-half pound daily, or a total of 7 pounds, 

 of cottonseed cake per steer were added in 1916-17. 



1 While snow was on the ground the steers in Lot 4 were given a ration of 10 pounds, or a total of 190 

 pounds, of mixed hay for 19 days in 1916-17; 9.22 pounds, or a total of 341 pounds, of com stover and straw 

 for 37 days in 1917-18; 8.44 pounds, or a total of 135 pounds, of com stover and straw, and 2 pounds, or 

 a total of 32 pounds, ofear com for 16 days in 1918-19. 



5 Two pounds of ear com per steer per day, or a total of 84 pounds, were fed to Lot 5 during the last 42 

 days in 1918-19. 



