28 BULLETIN 628, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 12. — Summary of three years' work, winter and summer, 
Lot 
No. 
Ration. 
Year. 
Gain(+) 
or loss 
(-) for 
winter 
per steer. 
Gain for 
summer 
per steer. 
Total 
gain over 
fall 
weieht 
per steer. 
Cost per 
pound of 
yearly 
'gain. 
Total 
costper 
steer. 
Total 
profit per 
steer, 
including 
manure/ 
1-a 
Winter: Ear corn, stover, and 
hay. Summer: Grass. 
Average 
1913-14 
1914-15 
1915-16 
Pounds. 
-32 
-35 
Pounds. 
Pound.:. 
429 
327 
397 
292 
SO. 043 
.055 
$17. 20 
16. OS 
§20. 62 
16.84 
-33 
378 
344 
.048 
16.64 
18.73 
"Winter: Ear corn, stover, and 
hay. Summer: Grass and 
cake. 
Average 
1913-14 
1914-15 
1915-16 
1-b 
-28 
-32 
-35 
346 
344 
347 
318 
312 
312 
.066 
.079 
.096 
21.16 
24.70 
30.13 
22.75 
14.36 
12. 45 
-32 
345 
314 
.074 
25.33 
19.85 
Winter: Silage, stover, and hay. 
Summer: Grass. 
Average 
1913-14 
1914-15 
1915-16 
2-a 
C 1 ) 
— 2S 
-42 
368 
346 
340 
302 
.037 
.035 
12.58 
11.78 
20.30 
21. 83 
-35 
357 
321 
.038 
12.18 
21.06 
Winter: Silage, stover, and hav. 
Summer: Grass and cake. 
Average 
1913-14 
1914-15 
191,5-16 
2-b 
-82 
-28 
-42 
366 
401 
370 
284 
373 
328 
.064 
.054 
.078 
18.07 
20.07 
25.83 
23. 23 
24.10 
16.31 
-51 
379 
328 
.065 
21.32 
21.54 
Winter: Silage, stover, and hay. 
Summer: Grass. 
Average 
1913 14 
1914-15 
1915-16 
3 
-84 
-32 
-40 
380 
367 
334 
296 
335 
294 
.040 
.037 
.040 
11.94 
12.45 
11.78 
24.31 
19.87 
21.12 
-52 
360 
308 
.039 
12.06 
21.77 
Winter: Pasture. Summer: 
Pasture 
1913-14 
1914-15 
1915-16 
4 
.17 
17 
26 
328 
345 
316 
345 
362 
342 
.032 
.031 
.030 
10.98 
11.29 
10.23 
2 21.75 
2 21.18 
2 24. 16 
20 
330 
350 
.031 
10. SO 
2 22. 06 
i All the steers in Lots 1 and 2 during 1914 were fed cottonseed cake and pasture. 
2 No manure included. 
Table 12 shows that the steers in Lot 1, division " a, ? ' were wintered 
each year on ear corn, corn stover, and hay. During the summer they 
were on grass alone. These steers lost an average of 33 pounds per 
steer each winter for the three years. During the summer the}' made 
an average total gain of 378 pounds, or a total gain over the initial 
fall weight of 344 pounds, at an average total cost of $16.64 per steer. 
The}- made an average profit per steer of $18.73, the total average 
cost per pound of gain being $0,048. 
The steers in Lot 1, division " b," wintered the same as those in 
Lot 1, division " a," but fed cottonseed cake on grass during the 
summer, lost 32 pounds per steer during the winter. The average 
total gain during the summer was 345 pounds, or a total gain per 
steer over the initial fall weight of 314 pounds. The total cost per 
steer was $25.33, showing an average profit per steer of $19.85, the 
total average cost per pound of gain being $0,074. 
The steers in Lot 2, division " a," wintered on corn silage, corn 
stover, hay. and straw, and getting grass alone during the summers, 
lost on an average 35 pounds per steer during the winter. The aver- 
