EFFECT OE WINTER RATIONS ON GAINS OF CALVES 
9 
CONCLUSIONS 
From a study of the growth curves shown in Figures 4 and 5 it 
is plainly seen that a loss in weight during the last two months of the 
; grazing periods occurred both in 1923 and in 1924. In other words, 
1 the average weight of the 90 steers on October 10, 1923, was practi- 
cally the same as it was six months later, or April 18, 1924. This 
! suggests a point worthy of more study and investigation. This loss 
i of weight after frost comes in the fall and before putting the cattle 
r into winter quarters should undoubtedly be avoided. The solution 
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Fig. 4.— Gains of steers during winter and summer, December 22, 1922, to December 17, 1923 \ 
may lie either in supplementing this late fall pasture with grain or 
in placing the cattle into winter quarters earlier. 
The steers which made only slight gains in weight during the winter 
made greater gains on pasture the following summer than steers which 
made larger winter gains. 
Differences in gains made by steers during the winter owing to 
rations fed are gradually minimized during the time of summer fatten- 
ing on grass. Consequently it is important that cattle to be mar- 
keted early from grass should gain considerably more weight during 
the winter than if they are to be marketed late. 
