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BULLETIN 1431, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
There was little difference between the gains made by the steers 
in the different lots at the end of the summer grazing periods. There- 
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Fig. 5.— Gains of steers during winter and summer, December 19, 1923, to December 15, 1924 
fore the cost of a winter ration should be the chief consideration in 
determining the ration to be used when steers are to be finished on 
pasture. 
