EFFECT OF WINTER RATIONS ON GAINS OF CALVES 
Table 2. — Average total and daily rations and gains per steer during the three 
winters 
WINTER OF 1922-23 (124 DAYS) 
Lot 
Winter feed 
Total 
feed per 
-r, ■■> Average 
feed Zv ^^ 
steer weight 
steer per steer 
Average 
weight 
vrinter 
Total 
gain 
per steer 
at end of per 
steer 
n. 
hi. 
Clover hay 400.0 3.2 
Corn silage 1,528.5 12.3 
Wheat straw 124.0 1.0 
Cottonseed meal — 92.2 .7 
Corn silage - 1,528.5 12.3 
Wheat straw 412.5 3.3 
Mixed hay 1,240.0 10.0 
Grain mixture * 368.5 3.0 
Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
383 
389 
446 
462 
502 
58 
79 
113 
WINTER OF 1923-24 (120 DAYS) 
Clover hay 
Corn silage 2, 166 
Wheat straw 
Cottonseed meal 
Corn silage 
Wheat straw 
Mixed hay 
Corn silage 
Wheat straw 
603.0 
5.0 
2, 166. 
18.0 
f 575 
662 
242.0 
2.0 
120. 
1.0 
2, 166. 
18.0 
> 576 
655 
603.0 
5.0 
603.0 
5.0 
2, 166. 
18.0 
> 575 
615 
242.0 
2.0 
10 
WINTER OF 1924-25 (126 DAYS) 
»n o i 4. i-u [ Cottonseed meal 
135. 2| 1.11 
AU 3 lots the CornsiIage 
3, 272. 26. ; > 905 ' 940 , 35 
same. [Wheat straw.. 
607.5 4.8 1 
Y 
1 Consisted of 3 parts, by weight, of corn, 1 of bran, and 1 of linseed meal. 
At the beginning of the second winter feeding period, December 
17, 1923, three new lots were made by taking 10 steers from each 
of the three original lots, and these are hereafter designated as Lots 
A, B, and C. The purpose was to offset the effects of the rations 
fed the first winter and to make it possible to get a fair and direct 
comparison of rations fed the second winter. In order to study 
more in detail the effects of the winter ration on subsequent gains 
the second winter and thereafter, each 10 steers from the original 
Lots I, II, and III of the first winter were numbered A 1; A 2 , A 3 , 
B 1; B 2 , B 3 , and C 1} C 2 , C 3 . The letters designate each lot of 10 
steers, and the numerals indicate the source from which they came. 
For example, the numeral 1 identifies the 10 head taken from the 
original Lot I. By referring to Table 2 it is seen that Lot A was 
fed clover hay, corn silage, and wheat straw the winter of 1923-24 
(second winter), and that Lot I also received the same feeds the 
first winter. A v then, identifies 10 head of steers fed the first winter 
on clover hay, corn silage, and wheat straw, and the second winter 
on the same ration. C 3 designates the 10 head fed during the winter 
of 1923-24 on mixed hay, silage, and wheat straw, and the winter 
previous on mixed hay and grain mixture, and so on. The gains 
made by the steers on pasture during the summer periods are shown 
in Table 3. 
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