The Bulletin. 



21 



The finished cattle when judged alive in the feed lots just prior to 

 shipment showed the corn-silage-fed steers to be fully 20 cents per hun- 

 dred better than the cotton-seed-hulls-fed steers. This was borne out by 

 the examination made at Jersey City, IST. J., where one car-load of the 

 cattle was slaughtered. The other load of steers was sold to local butchers 

 in Kichmond, Va., so that accurate slaughter data could not be obtained. 

 The corn-silage-fed cattle were thicker and more uniformly covered than 

 those fed cotton-seed hulls. The illustrations show a more uniform dis- 

 tribution of fat, both on the interior and exterior of the sides. The out- 

 side fat is thicker, and there is a better marbled condition. 



The average dressing percentage of the twelve cattle fed on cotton- 

 seed hulls was taken with nineteen other steers with which they were 

 shipped from Kichmond to Jersey City. These steers were of practically 

 the same grade and quality as the twelve steers with which they were 

 sold and weighed. The twelve steers fed on corn silage were weighed 

 together alive, and when dressed, so that the average dressing percentage 

 given is exact for this lot. ' 



COMPARATIVE PRICES RETURNED FOR FEEDS USED. 



It is interesting and instructive information to know the prices re- 

 turned for certain f eedstuffs when marketed through farm animals. The 

 following table shows the prices obtained in this work when feeds are 

 charged at varying prices. The figures written in italics indicate the 

 market prices charged in this work and the prices returned for supple- 

 mentary feeds under these conditions. 



In other sections of the State where the prices of feeds vary somewhat 

 these figures will enable the reader to approximate the results which 

 could be obtained in cattle feeding. In all cases the feeds returned more 

 than their estimated market value. Charging cotton-seed hulls at $7.50 

 per ton, the cotton-seed meal returned $30.34 for each ton fed. When 



