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WINTER RATIONS AND PASTURE GAINS OF CALVES. 7 
Table 3. — Average total and daily rations per calf during three winters. 
Ration. 
Total feed per calf. 
1916-17 ! 1917-18 
(133 (134 
days), days). 
Lotl: 
Corn silage 
Rye hay 
Cottonseed meal 
Lot 2: 
Corn silage 
Clover hay 
Lot 3: 
Mixed hay 
Grain mixture. . 
Pounds. Pounds. 
1,596 1,608 
560 536 
67 
1,596 
661 
1,064 
V 
736 
1,284 
402 
1918-19 
Aver- 
age 
(135 
Pounds. Pounds. 
1,730 1,645 
478 525 
101 78 
1,730 
561 
1,346 
270 
1,645 
653 
1,231 
352 
Daily feed per calf. 
1916-17 
(133 
days). 
1917-18 
(134 
days). 
Pounds. Pounds, 
12.0 i 12.0 
4.2 4.0 
.5 
12.0 
5.0 
12.0 
5.0 
3.0 
1918-19 
(135 
days). 
Pounds. 
12.8 
3.5 
.7 
12.8 
4.2 
10.0 
2.0 
Aver- 
age 
(134 
days). 
Pounds. 
12.3 
3.9 
.6 
12.3 
4.9 
9.2 
2.6 
The composition and nutritive ratio of the rations fed are given in 
Table 4. 
Table 4. — Quantities of dry matter, digestible nutrients, and nutritive ratios of 
the daily rations. 
Lot 
No. 
Daily ration per calf. 
Dry 
matter. 
Digestiblenutri- 
ents. 
Feed per 
1,000 
pounds 
live 
weight. 2 
Protein. 
Carbo- 
hydrate 
equiva- 
lent.! 
Nutritive 
ratio. 
1. 
2- 
3. 
Corn silage (12.3 pounds) 
Pounds. 
3.07 
3.57 
.55 
Pounds. 
0.17 
.12 
.19 
Pounds. 
2.32 
1.77 
.25 
Pounds. 
32.0 
10.2 
1.6 
Total 
Corn silage (12.3 pounds). . . 
7.19 
.48 
4.34 
1:9 
1 
3.07 
4.48 
.17 
.41 
2.32 
2.12 
31.9 
Clover hav (4.9 pounds) 
12.7 
Total 
Mixed hay (9.2 pounds) 
7.55 
.58 
4.44 
1 : 7. 7 
8.44 
2.31 
.53 
.33 
4.04 
1.66 
24.0 
Grain mixture (2.6 pounds) 
6.8 
Total 
10.75 
.86 
5.70 
1 : 6. 6 
1 The carbohydrate equivalent is the sum of the digestible carbohydrates plus 2.25 times 
the digestible fat. 
2 Rations based on the initial weights of the calves. 
From Table 4 it is seen that the ration given Lot 3 provided con- 
siderably more dry matter than the rations given Lots 1 and 2, the 
two latter being nearly the same. Lot 3 also received more total 
digestible nutrients than the other two lots. 
GAINS DURING WINTER. 
The gains and losses in weight during each of the three winters are 
shown in Table 5. 
