. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 954, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF Fig. 4.—Showing condition of steers at end of winter period. Table 2.—Average total and daily rations for three winters. Lot No. Ration. Season. Steers in lot. Total feed per steer. Daily feed per steer. 1 Mixed Iiay i 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 28 25 25 Pounds. 1,470 1,260 1,428 Pounds. Average 1,389 Corn silage ^ 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 9 25 25 25 3,710 2,800 3,094 Average for 1916-17 and 1918-19 3,402 Corn silage,^ stover an
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 954, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF Fig. 4.—Showing condition of steers at end of winter period. Table 2.—Average total and daily rations for three winters. Lot No. Ration. Season. Steers in lot. Total feed per steer. Daily feed per steer. 1 Mixed Iiay i 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 28 25 25 Pounds. 1,470 1,260 1,428 Pounds. Average 1,389 Corn silage ^ 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 9 25 25 25 3,710 2,800 3,094 Average for 1916-17 and 1918-19 3,402 Corn silage,^ stover and straw 1916-17 1917-18 - 1918-19 ">, 25 30 30 1,890 826 1,960 728 1,890 749 1,915 764 Average stover and straw Winter pasture •> 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1918-19 4 17 40 25 20 Stover, hay, and straw '•> 5 1,260 10 00 1 Lot 1 received 2 pounds of ear coin per steer per day, or a total of 42 pounds, during the last 21 davs in 1916-17, and 2 pounds per steer per day, or a total of 84 pounds, during the last 42 days in 1917-18 and 1918-19. 2 As silage was not^d during the last 14 days in 1916-17 and only a half ration was fed the preceding 28 days, each steer received an average ration of pounds, or a total of 364 poiinds, of com stover during the last 42 days, and 2 pounds, or a total of 28 pounds, of ear corn and one-half pound, or a total of 7 pounds, of cottonseed cake during the last 14 days. In 1917-18 the steers were turned on pasture the last 28 days of the winter period because there was not sufficient silage for them. An increase of 59 pounds in weight this last month accounts for the small loss for the entire winter period. In 1918-19, to make the silage hold out pounds daily, or a total of 175 pounds, of corn stover and straw were fed from the seventieth to the ninety-eighth day. 3 As silage was not fed during the last 14 days, the stover and straw was increased to 12 pounds per steer daily; and
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