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Slaughter Kesults. 



The cattle were shipped to New Orleans for sale and 

 > slaughtered, where complete individual slaughter records 

 were secured. The authors have presented only a part of 

 the slaughter records in the following table; the point will 

 be discussed more fully in a subsequent publication. 



Table 10. Slaughter Data. 



1908. 



o 



.J 



A 

 B 

 C 

 D 



RATION 



5) S 4j 



a 



<-<!> 



« (J 



gj u. 01 



> a V V 



U Q. ^ 

 41 C V. 



Pasture alone .• 



Pasture plus cottonseed cake . . 

 Pasture plus "Caddo" cake . . . 

 Pasture plus cottonseed cake . . 



1909. 



Pasture alone 



Pasture plus cottonseed cake . . 

 Pasture plus cottonseed 



3 

 



b( 



?! « « - 



Per ct. 



49.5 



53.8 

 53.6 



52.7 



A 

 B 

 E 



51.8 



54.2 

 53.9 



It is seen by the above table that the steers which were 

 given some feed in addition to the pasture suffered less loss 

 in live weight in transit than did the ones which had nothing 

 to eat but pasture. In 1908 each pasture steer (Lot A) 

 lost 86 pounds in transit, while those which had been fed 

 some concentrated feeds lost from 38 to 70 pounds each. 

 The common cattle, Lot D, suffered a very small shrinkage 

 which was due, in part, to their being smaller steers than 

 the other cattle. The cattle did not shrink as much in 



