EFFECT OF WINTER RATIONS ON SUBSEQUENT PASTURE 
GAINS OF STEERS 1 
By E. W. Sheets 
Assistant Chief , Animal Husbandry Division , Bureau of Animal Industry , 
United States Department of Agriculture 2 
OBJECT AND PLAN OF THE WORK 
To determine the influence of several 
old steers in the following summer on 
pasture, an experiment was carried on for 
three years. This experiment is part of 
a series of experiments on beef-produc¬ 
tion problems in the Appalachian Moun¬ 
tain region that have been in progress 
since December 22, 1914, in cooperation 
between the Bureau of Animal Industry 
of the United States Department of 
Agriculture and the West Virginia Agri¬ 
cultural Experiment Station, on the 
farm of David Tuckwiller, in Greenbrier 
County, W. Va. This farm is situated 
in the southeastern part of the State 
in the blue-grass area. 
The results of similar work with cows, 
calves, and yearlings are published in 
United States Department of Agricul¬ 
ture Bulletins 1024, 1042, and 870, re¬ 
spectively. 
The work was carried on for three 
years in order to have an average of 
feeds, cattle, seasons, and other con¬ 
ditions tending to produce variation. 
A general outline of the experiment, 
including the feeds used for the different 
winter rations on the gams of 2-year- 
Fig. 1.—Region to which this work applies. The 
black dot indicates the location of the farm on 
which the experiment was conducted. The 
shaded portion represents the area to which the 
results are applicable, and the dotted portion 
shows an additional area to which the results 
apply in part 
}ts of steers, is given in Table I. 
1 Received for publication May 19, 1924—issued Nov., 1924. This experiment is reported in full in 
United States Department of Agriculture Bulletin 1251. 
* Arthur T. Semple and R. H. Tuckwiller, Animal Husbandry Division, United States Department of 
Agriculture and E. A. Livesay of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station assisted in this study. 
Journal of Agricultural Research, 
Washington, D. C. 
( 1215 ) 
Vol, XXVIII, No. 12" 
June 21, 1924 
Key No. A-78 
