WINTER RATIONS OF YEARLING STEERS. 
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GAINS AND LOSSES, WINTER AND SUMMER. 
The gains and losses in weight in both winter and summer are 
summarized in Table 8, and averages are shown for lots fed on the 
same rations in different years. 
Fig. 7.— Steers in Lot 5 at end of winter feeding, 1917-18. 
Table 7 .—Summary of gains and losses in weight per steer, winter and summer. 
Lot 
No. 
Ration. 
Year. 
Gain(+) 
or loss 
(-)in 
weight 
per steer 
in 
winter. 
Gain in 
weight 
per steer 
in 
summer. 
Total 
gain in 
weight 
per steer, 
winter 
and 
summer. 
1 
1914-15 
1915-16 
1916-17 
Pounds. 
-23 
+00 
+19 
Pounds. 
336 
344 
270 
Pounds. 
313 
344 
289 
- 1 
317 
316 
2 
1914-15 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
+74 
+80 
+52 
+40 
255 
278 
258 
258 
328 
358 
3 
298 
+62 
262 
324 
3 
1914-15 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
-46 
— 7 
-30 
-56 
315 
310 
306 
305 
269 
303 
276 
249 
-35 
309 
274 
4 
1917-18 
+27 
240 
267 
5 
1917-18 
+11 
281 
292 
GRAPHIC PRESENTATION OF GAINS AND LOSSES. 
The comparative rapidity and extent of gains and losses can be 
shown more clearly by the use of a chart than in any other way. 
Accordingly a chart is presented herewith as figure 8, wmich shows 
the average changes in weight of the steers of the three lots. 
Horizontal distance on the chart indicates the number of days 
that the steers were fed during the winters and pastured during the 
