UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
| BULLETIN No. 1042 
Contribution from the Bureau of Animal Industry 
JOHN R. MOHLER, Chief 
J>\JP' < VU'U 
Washington, D. C. 
February 4, 1922 
EFFECT OF WINTER RATIONS ON PASTURE GAINS 
OF CALVES. 1 
By E. W. Sheets and R. H. Ttjckwiixek, Animal Husbandry Division.' 
I. WINTER RATIONS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON PASTURE 
GAINS OF CALVES. 
II. THE COST OF RATIONS FOR WINTERING CALVES. 
Outline of the experimental work__ 
The region and its problems 
Objects and plan of the work 
Kind of calves used 
Feeds used 
Character of pasture 
Method of feeding and handling 
the calves 
I. Winter rations and their influence 
on pasture gains of calves 
Quantity of feed consumed 
Gains during winter 
CONTENTS. 
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3 
3 
r. 
II 
Winter rations and their influence 
on pasture gains of calves — 
Continued. 
Gains during summer 
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8 
3 
5 
Gains for winter and summer 
Diagrams of gains and losses 
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9 
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5 
G 
6 
Cost of rations for wintering- 
calves 
Cost per pound of gain 
Summary of costs 
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15 
OUTLINE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL WORK. 
The work reported in this bulletin is part of a series of experi- 
ments on beef -production problems in the Appalachian Mountain 
region that have been in progress since December 22, 1914, in coop- 
eration between the Bureau of Animal Industry of the United 
States Department of Agriculture and the West Virginia Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station, on the farm of David Tuckwiller, in 
Greenbrier County, W. Va. This farm is located in the southeastern 
part of the State in the blue-grass area. The results of this experi- 
ment apply not only to West Virginia but also to the adj acent States 
1 A report of cooperative work by the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States De- 
partment of Agriculture, and the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 
2 The authors acknowledge the services of W. F. Ward and P. W. Farley, formerly of 
the Animal Husbandry Division, who assisted in planning and carrying on the work. 
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