56 



While the Missouri cattle were fed a much heavier srrain 

 ration than the Alabama cattle, still the records of this 

 test show the Alabama cattle to have made almost as large 

 daily gains as did the Missouri steers. 



When Lots B and C (1908) are compared it is seen that 

 the cottonseed cake is superior to the *'Caddo" cake, as one 

 hundred pounds of increase in weight were made at a cost 

 of |2.56 when the cottonseed cake was used, whereas when 

 the "Caddo" cake was fed the same gain cost |3.03. When 

 the cottonseed cake sells at |25.00 a ton the ''Caddo" cake is 

 not worth |23.00 a ton ; when cottonseed cake sells at $25.00 

 a ton this test shows the "Caddo" cake to be worth only 

 $20.54 a ton. 



Lot a. — End of summer 1909. Feed, pasture alone. 

 Average daily gain of each steer 1.74 pounds. 

 Costs of 100 pounds of gain .... $1 . 03 

 Total profit per steer 7 . 06 



The common or mixed bunch of cattle ( LotD ) make a very 

 poor showing when compared with Lots B and C, although, 

 as will be seen later, the steers in Lot D returned a small 

 profit. 



In comparing Lots B and E (1909) it is seen that the 

 cottonseed produced gains more cheaply than did the cot- 

 tonseed cake — that is, when the cottonseed is valued at 



