BEEF CATTLE IN NORTH CAROLINA. 
Table 3. — Total and daily gains during three winters. 
1913-14. 
Num- 
Num- 
Lot 
ber 
ber 
No. 
of 
of 
steers. 
days. 
1 
25 
128 
2 
25 
128 
3 
35 
123 
4 
17 
112 
Ration. 
Average 
initial 
weight 
per steer. 
Average 
final 
weight 
per steer. 
Total 
gain (+) 
or 
loss ( — ) 
per steer. 
Daily 
gain (+) 
or 
loss ( — ) 
per steer. 
Ear corn, corn stover, and hay.. 
Corn silage, corn stover, and hay 
do 
Winter grazed 
Pounds. 
769 
770 
676 
515 
Pounds. 
741 
592 
Pounds. 
-28 
-82 
-84 
+17 
Pounds. 
-0.22 
- .64 
- .68 
+ .15 
24 
131 
24 
131 
31 
131 
26 
131 
E ar corn , corn st over , hay , and straw .. . 
Corn silage, corn stover, hay, and straw. 
do 
Winter grazed 
757 
725 
-32 
738 
710 
-28 
677 
645 
-32 
705 
722 
+17 
-0.24 
- .21 
- .24 
+ .13 
1915-16. 
1 
2 
8 
24 
24 
33 
16 
119 
119 
119 
119 
Ear corn, corn stover, hay, and straw. . 
Corn silage, corn stover, hay, and straw. 
do 
814 
806 
770 
762 
779 
764 
730 
788 
-35 
-42 
-40 
+26 
-0.29 
- .35 
- .34 
4 
Winter grazed..' 
+ .22 
The table shows that in 1913-14 the cattle in Lot 1, fed on ear 
corn, corn stover, and hay, lost during the winter a total of 28 
pounds per steer, equal to a daily loss of 0.22 pound per steer. 
These steers made the smallest loss of any of the cattle in the barns. 
The cattle in Lot 2, fed corn silage, corn stover, and hay, lost 82 
pounds per head, or a daily loss per steer of 0.64 pound during the 
winter. 
The cattle in Lot 3, which were " short-aged " and lighter in 
weight, were wintered on the same kinds of feed as those in Lot 2. 
They lost practically the same per steer, showing a total loss of 84 
pounds for the winter and a daily loss of 0.68 pound. 
The winter- grazed cattle (Lot 4) did not lose weight, but gained 
IT pounds per steer, equal to a daily gain of 0.15 pound. In com- 
paring these cattle with those in the other lots there seemed to be a 
greater difference in their condition than the gains and losses indi- 
cated. The steers in Lot 4 were in splendid condition when spring 
came, whereas those in Lots 2 and 3 were- very thin, though still 
strong and thrifty. However, they were thinner than many buyers 
of stock cattle would prefer if purchasing for shipment, as the losses 
in transit probably would have been greater. 
During 1914—15 the cattle in Lot 1, which were fed the same as 
those in Lot 1 the previous year, made a total loss for 131 days during 
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