WINTER RATIONS AND PASTURE GAINS OF CALVES. 9 
Table 7. — Summary of gains in weight per calf, winter and summer. 
Lot 
No. 
Ration. 
Season. 
Gain per 
calf in 
winter. 
Gain per 
calf in 
summer. 
Total 
gain per 
calf. 
Daily 
gain per 
calf. 
1 
Corn silage, rye hay, and cottonseed meal 
(1916-17 
^1917-18 
U918-19 
Pounds. 
56 
42 
66 
Pounds. 
185 
204 
191 
Pounds. 
241 
246 
257 
Pounds.' 
0.80 
.81 
.85 
55 
193 
248 
.82 
11916-17 
■U917-1S 
11918-19 
? 
41 
44 
55 
217 
194 
164 
258 
238 
219 
.85 
.79 
.73 
46 
192 
238 
.79 
Mixed hay and grain 
3 
11916-17 
•U917-18 
[1918-19 
73 
102 
118 
193 
181 
172 
266 
283 
290 
.88 
.94 
.96 
98 
182 
280 
.93 
DIAGRAMS OF GAINS AND LOSSES. 
The four charts, figures 6, 7, 8, and 9, show the gains and losses 
of the calves by 28-day periods. The first three show the effects 
of the three rations under comparison for the three years they were 
Fig. 
-Lot 
calves fed mixed hay and a. grain mixture. Photographed at the end of 
the winter period, April 25, 1919. 
used, one chart being used for each ration. The fourth chart shows 
the average gains for three years for each of the three rations. 
Horizontal distance on the chart indicates the number of days 
that the calves were fed during the three winters and pastured dur- 
ing the three summers. The date on which each monthly period be- 
gan is given also. The average length of the total period for the 
