8 BULLETIN 1042, U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
Table 5. — Total and daily gains during three winters. 
Lot 
No. 
Ration. 
Corn silage, rye hay, and 
cottonseed meal. 
Average. 
11916 
Corn silage and clover hay . . -11917-18 
1916-1' 
1917-1: 
[1918-19 
Average. 
[1916-17 
Mixed hav and grain ^1917-lS 
1918-19 
Average. 
134 
3S5 
431 
133 
134 
135 
429 
340 
3S4 
134 
3S4 
502 
442 
502 
452 
10 
134 
3S4 
439 
55 
.41 
10 
10 
10 
133 
134 
135 
429 
342 
3 S3 
470 
386 
438 | 
41 
44 
55 
.31 
.33 
.41 
4o 
73 
102 
US 
9S 
34 
Table 5 shows that the gains for each of the three winters are quite 
uniform in the case of each ration. 
GAIN'S DURING SUMMER. 
Table 6 shows the weights at the beginning of the grazing period, 
the weights at the end of the grazing period, and the total and aver- 
age gains per calf for the summer period. 
Table 6. — Total and daily gains during three summers on pasture. 
Lot 
No. 
Previous winter ration. Season. 
Number 
of calves. 
Days on 
pasture. 
Corn silage, rye hay, and Jjm-Cb 
cottonseed meal. i jmo_jg 
Average 
Corn silage and clover hay 
Average 
Mixed hay and grain { 1917-18 j 
Average 
Average 
weight 
per calf 
at begin- 
ning of 
grazing 
period. 
Average 
final 
weight 
per calf. 
Total Daily 
gain per gain per 
calf. calf. 
Days. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. Pounds. 
Pounds. 
10 
16S 
482 
667 ' 185 
1.10 
10 
Ins 
3S6 
590 204 
1.21 
10 
16S 
449 
640 191 
1.14 
10 
16S 
439 
632 
193 
1. 15 
(1916-17 
{1917-18 
U91S-19 
10 
10 
10 
16S 
16S 1 
168 
470 
3S6 
43 S 
6S7 
5S0 
602 
217 
194 
164 
1.29 
1.16 
.98 
10 
16? 
431 
623 
192 
1.14 
11916-17 
< 1917-18 
(191S-19 
10 
10 
10 
Ins 
Ins 
168 
502 
442 
502 
695 
623 
674 
193 
1S1 
172 
1. IS 
LOS 
1. 02 
168 
482 
664 
182 
LOS 
GAINS FOR WINTER AND SUMMER. 
The gains in weight for both winter and summer are summarized 
in Table 7. with averages for the three years. 
