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Bulletin 93 



SUMMARY OF STEER FEEDING EXPERIMENT COMPARING COTTONSEED 



MEAL AND WHOLE AND CRUSHED COTTON SEED BASED ON ONE AVERAGE 



STEER JANUARY 26, 1921, TO APRIL 26, 1921 



Lot number 1 2 3 4 5 6 



•No. steers in lot 8 8 8 8 10 8 



Hay Hay Hay Hay Cotton 



F^ttpnincT ration frH ^'^^^^ ^'^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^'^^^^ ^''^^^ seed hulls 



rattening ration lea. cotton whole Crushed Cotton Cotton Cotton 



seed meal seed seed seed meal seed meal seed meal 



Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 



Av. initial weight 718.8 705.0 636.8 697.5 553.0 643.8 



Av. final weight 963.0 937.5 854.0 969.5 854.8 860.8 



Av. total gain 244.2 232.5 217.2 272.0 301.8 217.0 



Av. daily gain 2.71 2,58 2.41 3.02 3.35 2.41 



Average Daily Ration : 



Alfalfa hay" 2.41 2.28 2.28 2.31 0.24 



Silage 47.77 32.99 30.93 50.63 39.83 2.82 



Cotton seed whole 6.24 



Cotton seed crushed 5.54 



Cotton seed meal 3.85 4.72 3.90 4.64 



Cotton seed hulls 19.86 



Feed required for lOO pounds 

 gain : 



Alfalfa hay 88.6 88.8 95.0 68.9 10.1 



Silage 1760.6 1277.2 1280.8 1675.4 1187.6 117.0 



Cotton seed whole 241.6 51.0 



Cotton seed crushed 178.5 



Cotton seed meal 141.3 156.2 116.2 192.0 



Cotton seed hulls 823.5 



Cost 100 pounds gain $10.23 $ 7.39 $ 7.57 $ 9.04 $ 7.32 $ 8.41 



Initial cost per head at 



$6.80 cwt $48.88 $47.94 $43.30 $47.43 $37.60 $43.78 



Feed cost per head 24.99 17.16 16.62 24.60 22.09 18.27 



Interest at 8% .80 .80 .80 .80 .80 .80 



Marketing expense 60 .60 .60 .60 .60 .60 



Total cost per head 75.27 66.50 61.32 73.43 61.09 63.45 



Selling price per cwt $ 7.00 $ 7.00 $ 7.00 $ 7.00 $ 7.00 $ 7.C»0 



Returns per steer 62.02 60.38 55.00 62.44 55.05 55.44 



Loss per steer 13.25 6.12 6.32 10.99 6.04 8.01 



Necessary selling price 8.50 7.71 7.80 8.23 7.77 8.01 



Necessary margin 1.70 .91 1.00 1.43 .97 1.21 



Dressing percentage 56.9 53.6 55.6 56.4 56.8 55.5 



