WINTER RATIONS AND PASTURE GAINS OE CALVES. 
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SUMMARY OF COSTS. 
1. Corn silage and clover hay, fed to Lot 2, was the cheapest ration 
used and cost the least per pound of yearly gain. 
2. Lot 3, fed mixed hay and grain, made a large gain but cost 
$6.46 more per year per calf than Lot 1, and $7.92 more per year per 
calf than Lot 2. Therefore, a ration containing silage for wintering 
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ter, as follows : Lot 1 — Corn silage, 12.3 pounds ; rye hay, 3.9 pounds ; cottonseed meal, 
0.6 pound. Lot 2 — Corn silage, 12.3 pounds ; clover hay, 4.9 pounds. Lot 3 — Mixed hay, 
9.2 pounds ; grain mixture, 2.6 pounds. 
steer calves is more economical than dry roughage with grain, con- 
sidering the gains made both during the winter and in the summer 
following. 
3. The cost of wintering a steer calf is approximately two-thirds 
the cost of keeping the calf one year. The profit, therefore, is deter- 
mined largely by the cost of the winter ration. 
