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Effect of Feed on Quality of Steers. 



The steers were sold in the lots at Auburn to Phillips & 

 IJnnjermaiin, Packers, Birmingham, Alabama. 



Naturally there was considerable individual difference 

 between the steers, so that the differences in the price 

 put upon each by the packers are not entirely chargeable 

 to the food used. 



The packers' estimate of the value of the steers fed on 

 the different rations is shown Iw the following table, 

 giving the selling prices. 



Prices of steers icJien sold. 



When sold Lots I and II were judged to be of nearly 

 equal quality, and in this respect far superior to Lots III 

 and IV. The more nitrogenous (narrower) rations af- 

 forded the more rapid fattening and the higher quality 

 as judged by the eye. Judged by percentage of dressed 

 weight or shrinkage during shipping from Auburn to 

 Birmingham, the steers fed on cotton seed meal (Lot I) 

 were superior to Lot III, fed on cotton seed and the same 

 roughness. Taking the weights at Auburn as the live 

 weights, and comparing them with the amount of dress- 

 ed meat obtained in Birmingham, we find that Lot I, on 

 cotton seed meal and sorghum, netted 54.5 per cent. ; Lot 



