50 



^arlj fall ,-=t^er does not come into competition with the fall 

 -Stuff that is being brought into the market off grass. 



As far as gains were concerned, the cattle did reasonably 

 ^well both years. They were not grazed through the whole 

 summer season, so the total gains, as represented in the 

 sixth column, do not represent as great gains as can be made 

 during a whole summer's grazing season. In 1908 they were 

 grazed only 112 days, and in 1909 the test continued for 

 154 days. The best portion of the grazing season had bean 

 used however, as the cattle were sold from the first of 

 August to the first of September. 



In both years the cattle which received cottonseed cake 

 in addition to the pasture gained more rapidly than did the 



Lot a. — Evd of summer 1908. Feed, pasture alone. Average 

 daily gain of each steer, 1.52 pounds. Cost of 100 pounds 

 of gain, $1.18. Total profit per steer, $2.86. 



pasture cattle. In 1908 the difference in favor of the cattle 

 which had been fed was very marked, but in 1909 the differ- 

 -ence between the two lots was not very pronounced. In 

 1909, Lot E the cottonseed lot, made the most satisfactory 

 -gains, it making an average daily gain of 2.08 pounds, while 

 "Lots B and A made average daily gains of 1.88 and 1.74 

 pounds respectively. 



Feeds Consumed. 



"The cattle were fed but once a day ; this was done each 

 afternoon about sundown, or in the cool of the evening, in 

 -order that the steers would all come out to the feed troughs. 

 The steers were started upon a small amount of feed, and 



