BULLETIN 870, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 4. — 'Average total and daily rations during four winters — Continued. 
1916-17. 
Lot 
No. 
Number 
of steers. 
Days. 
Ration. 
Total Daily 
feed per feed per 
steer. J steer. 
1 
10 
134 
134 
134 
Pounds. 
3,015.0 
670.0 
271.0 
3,015.0 
628. 
134.0 
1,622.0 
611.0 
Pounds. 
22.5 
Mixed hay 
5.0 
2.02 
2 
10 
10 
Corn silaee 
Wheat straw ; 
22.5 
4.69 
1.0 
3 
Mixed ha v 
12.1 
Wheat straw 
4.56 
1917-18. 
10 
133 
10 
133 
10 
133 
10 
1 
133 
Corn silage 
Wheat straw 
Cottonseed meal. 
Mixed hay 
Wheat straw 
Silage 
Soy-bean hay... 
Silage 
Rye hay 
Cottonseed meal. 
2,660.0 
738.0 
135.0 
1, 782. 2 
359.1 
2,660.0 
798.0 
2,660.0 
798.0 
66.5 
20.0 
5.55 
1.0 
13.4 
2.7 
20.0 
6.0 
20.0 
6.0 
0.5 
Fig. 5.— Steers in Lot 3 at end of winter feeding, 1917-18. 
GAINS AND LOSSES DURING WINTER. 
The gains and losses in weight during each of the four winters are 
shown in Table 5. 
Table 5. — Total and daily gains and losses during four winters. 
1914-15. 
Average 
Average Total 
Average 
T 0T Number 
No - steers. 
initial 
final 
gain(-f) 
daily 
Davs. 
Ration. 
weight 
weight 
or loss 
gam or 
per 
per 
(-)per 
loss per 
steer. 
steer. 
steer. 
steer. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
1 
10 
128 
Corn silage, mixed hav, and wheat straw. 
622 
599 
-23 
-0.18 
2 
10 
128 
Corn silage, wheat straw, and cottonseed 
10 
128 
meal 
61S 
623 
692 
577 
+74 
-46 
+ .58 
3 
- .36 
