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8. The steers which were wintered on coarse waste hay did not 
make as good gains on pasture nor as large daily gains for the winter 
and summer periods combined as the steers of the other lots which 
received feed. 
9. The wintering of cattle by the use of feed in addition to the 
natural range will be both economical and profitable for cattle which 
are to be fattened early in the summer, but the longer the summer 
grazing season the less economical and profitable the previous winter 
feeding will have been. If the steers in the foregoing tests had 
been grazed until pasture gave out in October, instead of being sold 
in July or August, it is extremely doubtful if any difference in fat- 
ness could have been detected between the steers which wintered 
on range alone and those which received feeds. 
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