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 SUMMARY STATEMENTS. 



1 — The steers ^^'hich were used in this test were from 2 

 to 3 years old. They liad all been grf^V^d up by the use of 

 Aberdeen-Angus, Herel'urd, and Shorthorn sires. 



2 — At the beginning of the test they averaged 827 

 pounds each in weight. Tliey were fed 84 days and at 

 the close of the test each steer averaged 967. 



3 — The 60 head of steers were divided into three lots 

 and fed as follows: — 



Lot 1 : — Cottonseed meal. 

 Cottonseed hulls. 

 Corn silage. 



Lot 2: — Cottonseed meal. 



Cottonseed hulls. 



Johnson-grass hay. 

 Lot 3: — Cottonseed meal. 



Cottonseed hulls. 



4 — For the whol(^ })eriod of 84 days an average daily 

 gain of 1.8, 1.54, and 1.71 ])ounds were secured in Lots 1, 



2, and 3, respectively. 



5 — During the ilrst 56 days, when silage was fed in 

 Lot 1, an average daily gain of 1.86, 1.43, and 1.89 pounds 

 were secured in Lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 



6— For the whole period of 84 days it cost $8.98, $11.47, 

 and $10.08 to make 100 pounds of gain in Lots 1, 2, and 



3, respectively, 



7 — For the first 56 days, when silage was fed in Lot 1, 

 it cost $7.98, $11.88, and $8.80 to make 100 pounds of 

 gain in Lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 



8_The fall of 1909 the steers cost $3.25 per hundred- 

 weight. At the end of the test they were shipped to 

 Louisville and sold for $5.75 per hundredweight. 



9 — Each steer in Lots 1, 2, and 3, netted a clear profit 

 of $7.68, $5.50, and $6.97, respectively. 



10 — Corn silage proved to be an exceedingly satis- 

 factory addition to a basal ration of cottonseed meal 

 and hulls, but Johnson-grass hay was an exceedingly 

 imsatisfactory supplement when used in the same way. 



