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BULLETIN 628, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Table 9. — Average total and daily rations, three summers — Continued. 
1915. 
Number 
of steers. 
Number 
of days 
on feed. 
Ration. 
Cottonseed cake. 
Lot 
No. 
Total con- 
sumed by 
each steer. 
Average 
daily ration 
per steer. 
1-fi 
12 
12 
12 
12 
31 
26 
140 
127 
140 
127 
140 
140 
Pasture only 
Pounds. 
Pounds. 
1-b 
530 
4.17 
?-s 
?-h 
530 
4.17 
3 
4 
do 
1 
1916. 
1-a 
11 
140 
1-b 
12 
140 
2-a 
12 
140 
2-b 
12 
140 
3 
33 
140 
4 
16 
140 
Pasture only • 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
Pasture only 
Pasture and cottonseed cake. 
Pasture only 
do 
525 
3.75 
525 
The first section of Table 9, giving the results of the 1914 work, 
shows that Lot 1 consisted of 25 steers, which were fed 126 days, 
getting a daily ration of 3.47 pounds of cottonseed cake per steer in 
addition to the grass. Not 2 contained 25 steers, which were fed 
almost the same quantity of feed, or a daily ration per steer of 3.49 
pounds cottonseed cake for 126 days. Lot 3 contained 35 steers, 
which were on pasture for 165 days without any cottonseed cake. 
Lot 4 contained the 17 winter-grazed steers, which were on summer 
pasture for 177 days without any cottonseed cake. 
The second section, giving the results of the 1915 work, shows that 
the cattle in division " a " of Lots 1 and 2 were on pasture alone for 
140 days. The cattle of division " b " of these lots were fed for 127 
days with a daily ration of 4.17 pounds of cottonseed cake per steer 
in addition to the grass. Lots 3 and 4 (Lot 4 being the winter- 
grazed cattle) were on pasture 140 days without any cottonseed cake. 
The third section, giving the results of the 1916 work, shows that 
all the steers were on pasture 140 days. The steers in division " b " 
of Lots 1 and 2 were given a daily ration per steer of 3.75 pounds 
cottonseed cake, or a total of 525 pounds for the season. The re- 
mainder of the cattle were given grass only. 
TOTAL AND DAILY GAINS. 
Table 10 shows the average initial and final weights per head for 
the steers of each lot, and the total and average daily gains per steer 
for the three summers. 
