FEEDING GRADE BEEF COWS RAISING CALVES. 18 
on pasture. During the following 56 days they gained in weight 
rapidly, following which for the next 56 days they about. maintained 
their weight. Then, when it was cooler and they began to dry up, 
they gained in weight, but lost heavily in October, when rains and 
frost usually lower the feeding value of pasture considerably. 
(WEPAGE LENGTH OF FEEDING FER/OD 
WINTER FEFP/IOD SUMMER FPEAVOD 
1448 DVS 196 DAYS 
36 OF- Make 1x8 48 IS OF Wk /P7O 168 {196 
7 
Fic. 8—Gains of calves, season of 1915-16. 
The calves gained in weight very uniformly until October, when 
the smaller amount of milk given by the cows and the poorer pasture, 
caused the rate of gain to be somewhat less. 
FEEDS CONSUMED PER 1,000 POUNDS LIVE WEIGHT AND PER CALF RAISED. 
Table 8 is for the convenience of those who may have larger or 
smaller cows than were used in this project and who may want to 
