BEEF CATTLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
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Table 10. — Total and daily gains, three summers. 
1914. 
Lot 
Number 
of 
steers. 
Days on 
No. 
feed. 
1 
25 
126 
2 
25 
126 
3 
35 
165 
4 
, 17 
177 
Ration. 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
....do 
Pasture only 
do 
Average 
initial 
Average 
Total 
final 
average 
weight 
weight 
gam 
per steer. 
per steer. 
per steer. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
741 
1,087 
346 
688 
1,054 
366 
592 
972 
380 
532 
860 
328 
Average 
daily 
gain 
per steer. 
Pounds. 
2.75 
2.90 
2.30 
1.85 
1915. 
1-a 
12 
140 
1-b 
12 
127 
2-a 
12 
140 
2-b 
12 
127 
3 
31 
140 
4 
26 
140 
Pasture only 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
Pasture only 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
Pasture only 
....do...., 
708 
1,137 
429 
742 
1,086 
344 
705 
1,073 
368 
715 
1,116 
401 
646 
1,013 
367 
722 
1,067 
345 
3.06 
2.71 
2.63 
3.15 
2.62 
2.46 
1916. 
1-a 
1-b 
2-a 
2-b 
3 
4 
Pasture only 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
Pasture only 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
Pasture 
....do 
772 
1,099 
327 
789 
1,136 
347 
759 
1,105 
346 
768 
1,138 
370 
730 
1,064 
334 
788 
1,104 
316 
2.34 
2.48 
2.47 
2.64 
2.39 
2.26 
Section 1 of Table 10, giving the results of the 1914 work, shows 
the initial weight of the cattle in Lot 1 to be 741 pounds, and the 
final weight after 126 days to be 1,087 pounds, making a total gain 
per steer of 346 pounds, or a daily gain of 2.75 pounds. The steers 
in Lot 2 made a total gain of 366 pounds, or an average daily gain 
of 2.90 pounds. The grass-finished cattle in Lot 3 made an average 
gain of 380 pounds, or an average daily gain of 2.30 pounds. The 
winter-grazed cattle (Lot 4) , which were much lighter cattle, made a 
total gain of 328 pounds per steer, or an average daily gain of 1.85 
pounds for a period of 177 days. It must be remembered that the 
cattle in Lots 1, 2, and 3 lost heavily during the previous winter 
and the unusual gains on these steers were due partly to getting back 
the flesh lost during the previous winter, and that those in Lot 4 
gained in weight during the winter. As will be shown later, the total 
gain on the cattle in Lot 4 from fall to fall is larger than the gain on 
any of the other lots of steers. This is an interesting fact in connec- 
tion with winter grazing and the possibility of adapting it to all 
mountainous counties of North Carolina and of adjoining States. 
The second section, giving the results of the 1915 work, shows that 
Lot 1, division " a," contained 12 steers, which made a total gain of 
429 pounds, or an average daily gain of 3.06 pounds. These cattle 
made an unusually large gain this year. The only way to account for 
