. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 954, U. S. DEPAKTMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 1.—General plan of the three years' loorh. Lot No. Steers in lot. Winter Summer 1916-17 1917-lS 1918-19 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1918-19 Mixed hay ; do Corn silage do do Corn silage, stover, and straw. do do Winter pasture do do Stover, hay and straw Grass. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 1 From^ about Dec. 12 to Apr. 15. 2 From about Apr. 15 to Sept. 5, when they were sold as feeders,
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN 954, U. S. DEPAKTMEISTT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 1.—General plan of the three years' loorh. Lot No. Steers in lot. Winter Summer 1916-17 1917-lS 1918-19 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1918-19 Mixed hay ; do Corn silage do do Corn silage, stover, and straw. do do Winter pasture do do Stover, hay and straw Grass. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. 1 From^ about Dec. 12 to Apr. 15. 2 From about Apr. 15 to Sept. 5, when they were sold as feeders, 3 The plan, was to winter-graze the steers of Lot .5 in 1918-19, but a shortage of winter pasture prevented Fig. 2.—Character of experimental ealtle and pasture land. KIND OF STEERS USED. The cattle used in this work were all western North Carolina- grown steers. They were mostly 2-year-olds, averaging about 800 pounds each when purchased in the fall. They were a good, uniform lot of grade cattle, representing Shorthorn blood principally, with some Angus, Hereford, and Devon intermixed. FEEDS USED. The winter feeds—corn silage, stover, corn, and straw—were such as are ordinarily produced on the farm. The hay consisted largely of a mixture of red clover, timothy, orchard grass, and redtop. Most of the summer pastures had been established for some time. Some of them were winter pastures which had been used in the previous three years' work. These pastures consisted largely of a. 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.
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