. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 81 else, perhaps, kept the steers from losing weight while on the range, as it gave good grazing in March and April. The steers evidently gained in weight during these two months. The steers were not taken olT this range until April 23, 1910. The young steers of Lots 4 and 5 were not turned on the range. PLAN OF THE FEEDING. In order to give a clear idea of the nature of the work, the general plan of the feeding is outlined helow: Table 6.—General Plan of The Feedin
. Bulletin : report of Agricultural Experiment Station, Agricultural and Mechanical College, Auburn, Ala. Agriculture -- Alabama. 81 else, perhaps, kept the steers from losing weight while on the range, as it gave good grazing in March and April. The steers evidently gained in weight during these two months. The steers were not taken olT this range until April 23, 1910. The young steers of Lots 4 and 5 were not turned on the range. PLAN OF THE FEEDING. In order to give a clear idea of the nature of the work, the general plan of the feeding is outlined helow: Table 6.—General Plan of The Feeding. The Young Steers. Lot Number of steers 17 Winter Feeding (Dec. 6. 19«9-March 31. i910) Cottonseed meal \ ^o Cottonseed hulls J ration Cottonseed meal t Cottonseed hulls - j^.j Johnson-grass hay ) ration Summer Fattening (April 2, 1910-Aug. 26, 1910) Pasture Cottonseed cake Pasture Cottonseed cake The Common Steers, Dec. 6. 1909 April 23, 1910 April 23, 1910-Sept. 2, 1910. Range onlv Range onlv Pasture Cottonseed cake Pasture alone The general plan was to feed the steers of Lot 4 and 5 sufficient feed to produce small gains throughout the winter months. They were a good class of cattle and young, so it was thought that it would pay to feed them liberally during the winter months. Accordingly a par- tial ration of cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls was fed to the steers in Lot 4 while those in Lot 5 had some Johnson-grass hay added to the basal ration of cotton-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Agricultural Experiment Station. Auburn, Ala. : The Station
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