SUMMARY STATEMENTS. 



The lot of cattle fed cotton-seed meal and corn silage made only slightly 

 larger gains than those fed cotton-seed meal and cotton-seed hulls. Lot 1 

 made an average daily gain of 1.62 pounds and Lot 2 1.63 pounds during the 

 experimental period of 112 days. 



The steers in Lot 1 were fed an average of 21.95 pounds of cotton-seed 

 hulls per steer daily during the experimental period. The steers in Lot 2 

 were fed an average of 42.46 pounds of corn silage per steer daily during the 

 experimental period. According to the gains made, this showed a relative 

 feeding value of approximately one pound of cotton-seed hulls to two pounds 

 of corn silage. 



It required 1,352.2 pounds of cotton-seed hulls in conjunction with 458 

 pounds of cotton-seed meal to make 100 pounds gain, and 2,611.4 pounds of 

 corn silage in conjunction with 458 pounds of cotton-seed meal to make 100 

 pounds gain. This shows that it takes, on the average, about two' pounds of 

 corn silage to replace one pound of cotton-seed hulls under the conditions of 

 this experiment. 



It cost $11.43 to make 100 pounds gain in the lot fed cotton-seed meal and 

 cotton-seed hulls, and $10.92 in the lot fed cotton-seed meal and corn silage, 

 the difference being 51 cents per hundred pounds in favor of the corn-silage- 

 fed cattle. 



When the steers were finished, those fed cotton-seed hulls for roughage 

 were valued at $7.50 per cwt. and those fed corn silage $7.70 per cwt. This 

 decision was corroborated by the slaughter data obtained at the abattoir. 

 The silage-fed cattle were thicker and more uniformly covered with fat. 



The comparative profit per steer in Lot 1 fed cotton-seed hulls for rough- 

 age, eliminating freight, cost of labor, and bedding, was $8.29 per steer. The 

 comparative profit per steer in Lot 2 fed corn silage for roughage was $11.36 

 per steer, showing a difference of $3.07 in favor of the corn-silage-fed cattle. 



The shipping data obtained on these cattle showed that the steers fed corn 

 silage did not shrink any more than steers fed cotton-seed hulls under like 

 conditions otherwise. The average net shrink per steer from Statesville, 

 .N. C, to Richmond, Va., was slightly less than 45 pounds. 



