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1909 as in 1908, but in 1909 the grass cattle lost consid- 

 erably more weight in transit than did those that had been 

 fed. 



In both years the steers which had been fed the cotton- 

 seed products dressed out several per cent higher than the 

 grass cattle. In 1908 the grass cattle dressed out 49.5 per 

 cent; in 1909 a similar lot dressed out 51.8 per cent. The 

 cattle which had been given some concentrated feeds along 

 with the pasture dressed around 54 j>er cent. It should be 

 noted that the last column is based on the farm weights of 

 the cattle. If the New Orleans live weights were taken it 

 would raise the figures in the last column from 2 to 2.5 

 points in each case. 



Lot E. — End of summer 1909. Feed, cottonseed and pasture. 

 Average daily gain of each steer 2.06 pounds. 



Cost of 100 pounds of gain $2.39 



Total profit per steer 8.39 



