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In this particular experiment it did not pay to supple- 

 ment the pasture with the cottonseed cake; more money 

 would have been made it the cake had not been used. 

 These results, however, do not agree with others secured 

 in former work*. The cattle in Lot X did not respond to 

 the extra feed of cottonseed cake; this is shown to be 

 true by the daily gains. The steers in Lot Y where no 

 cake was fed made an average daily gain of 1.33 pounds, 

 while the steers of Lot X, where the cake was fed along 

 with pasture, made an average daily gain of only 1.42 

 pounds. This is unusual and the authors regard the 

 results as abnormal, 



SLAUGHTER RECORDS. 



The steers of Lots 4 and 5 were shipped to Atlanta, 

 where complete slaughter records were secured. Those 

 of Lots X and Y were also shipped to Atlanta, but no 

 slaughter data were obtained. 



Table 14. — Shipping Weights and Slaughter Data. 



The cattle were driven 4 miles from the farm to the 

 railroad. The shrinkage en route was not large, 

 being 33.9 pounds and 38.9 pounds for each animal in 

 Lots 4 and 5 respectively. By Atlanta weights, the steers 

 in Lot 4 dressed 55.3 per cent, while those in Lot 5 

 dressed 54.8 per cent. 



"^See Alabama bulletin 151, or Bureau of Animal Indu.stry bul- 

 letin 131. 



