28 BULLETIN 110, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
average of the lot. They were finished for early summer market by 
feeding a heavier ration of cottonseed cake on grass for a short time, 
hence this group is not directly comparable with any of the other 
s umm er groups of cattle. However, the steers of group F in lot 1 
can be compared with group F in lot 2, etc. 
Each steer in group F, lot 1. made a daily gain of 2.31 pounds per 
steer during the summer. As they had made a daily loss of 1.08 
pounds each during the winter the average daily gain for the whole 
period was reduced to 0.79 of a pound per steer per day. 
The average daily gain during the summer for all steers in the 
various groups of lot 1 was 2.09 pounds per head, and the average 
daily gain per steer for the winter and summer periods combined was 
0.74 of a pound. 
The average for all the groups of lot 1 shows the loss to be 101 
pounds per steer during the winter and the summer gain to be 261 
pounds per steer, or a net gain of 160 pounds per steer for a period 
of about seven months. While these steers made a daily gain of 
2.09 pounds each during every day of the summer period, they had a 
winter loss of 101 pounds to overcome, so the total gain for the 
whole period was low. 
STEEES WESTERED OX RAXGE AXD COTTONSEED MEAL AND HULLS. 
Under lot 2 are shown the results secured by feeding steers a half 
ration of cottonseed meal and hulls during the winter in addition to 
the grasses of the open range. It is immediately seen that the steers 
in this lot did not experience the loss in weight as was the case with 
the steers of lot 1. The total gain per steer during the winter for all 
of the groups in lot 2 except group F varied from a loss of 14 pounds 
per head to a gain in weight of 39 pounds per head, and the average 
daily gains varied from a loss of 0.16 of a pound per steer to a gain of 
0.43 of a pound per steer. The steers in group F are left out of the 
comparison for the reason previously stated. The average gain for 
each steer of lot 2 for the whole winter was 8 pounds, while the steers 
of lot 1 experienced an average loss of 101 pounds per head. 
During the summer the steers of lot 2, which received pasture aione, 
made the smallest daily gains. They also made the smallest daily 
gains for the whole test, or "from fall until the end of the test in 
the summer. The largest daily gains during the summer were made 
by the steers which received cold-pressed cottonseed cake on pasture. 
This gain amounted to 1.92 pounds per day. 
The steers fed cottonseed cake in addition to pasture and those 
fed cottonseed cake and alfalfa hay on pasture gave practically the 
same results, gaming an average of 1.S9 and 1.90 pounds per day 
per head. Cottonseed failed to produce as good gains on these steers 
as cottonseed cake during the summer months, but the gain pro- 
duced during the winter and summer periods when combined was 
practically the same for each lot. 
