95 



very little larger daily gain Ihan the ones on pasture 

 al(ine. Kaeh cake-fed steer made an average daily gain 

 of 1.43 j)()unds, or a total gain of 189 pounds for the 

 Mhole summer, while the pasture steers each gained 

 177 pounds, or an average daily gain of 1.33 pounds. 



Ql A.NTH V AM) CdST OF FEEO REQLIHKI) TO MAKE lOa 



POl NDS GAI\. 



\A'hen cattle are heing fattened and the gains are small, 

 they are almost certain to be expensive; the results se- 

 cured in this experiment were no exception to the gen- 

 eral nilf. The table f(»llowing shows that the summer 

 gains were extremely expensive when compared to form- 

 er experiments that have been made in this State. At 

 least two factors \\erp involved in making these summer 

 gains expensive. First, tho cattle were fed a rather 

 heavy ration of high-priced cottonseed cake along with 

 the pasture, and, second, the cattle did not respond to 

 till' liberal' feeding, due probably at least in part to the 

 wet pastures. 



Table 13. — QuantUij and Cost of Feed Required to Make 



100 Pounds of Grain. 

 The Young Steers. 



(April 



1910- 



(147 



-Aug. 

 days) 



16, 1910) 



The Common Cattle. 



(April 23, 1910— Sept. 2, 1910.) 



(133 days.l 



