. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 870, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 4.—Average total and daily rations during four winters—Continued. 1916-17. Lot No. Number of steers. Days. Ration. Total fe^dper steer. Daily feed per st:er. 1 10 134 134 134 Pounds. 3, 3, 62*. 0 1, Pounds. Mixed ha v 2 10 10 "Wheat straw 3 1917-1S. 10 133 10 133 10 133 10 133 Corn silage "Wheat straw Cottonseed meal. Mixed hay "Wheat straw Silage Soy-bean Silage Rye ha
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 870, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 4.—Average total and daily rations during four winters—Continued. 1916-17. Lot No. Number of steers. Days. Ration. Total fe^dper steer. Daily feed per st:er. 1 10 134 134 134 Pounds. 3, 3, 62*. 0 1, Pounds. Mixed ha v 2 10 10 "Wheat straw 3 1917-1S. 10 133 10 133 10 133 10 133 Corn silage "Wheat straw Cottonseed meal. Mixed hay "Wheat straw Silage Soy-bean Silage Rye hay Cottonseed meal. 2, 1, 2, 2, Fig. 5.—Steers in Lot 3 at end of winter feeding, 1917-18. GAINS AND LOSSES DURING WINTER. The gains and losses in weight during each of the four winters are shown in Table 5. Table 5.—Total and daily gains and losses during four winters. 1914-15. Average initial Average Total Average T nt Numlicr . of Xo- steers. fina 1 gain(+) daily Days. Ration. weight weight or loss gain or per per (-)per loss per steer. steer. steer. steer. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. 1 10 128 Corn silage, mixed hav, and wheat straw. 622 599 -23 2 10 12S Corn silage, wheat straw, and cottonseed 128 618 623 692 577 + 74 -46 + .58 3 10 - .36. 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 United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
Size: 2339px × 1068px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauth, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, booksubjectagriculture
