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TABLE VIII.— SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS WITH LOTS IV AND V FED 77 DAYS 



the steers fed on silage, cottonseed meal, and alfalfa hay, the steers 

 given silage, cottonseed meal, and ground milo maize fattened more 

 rapidly and Avere valued at 15 cents more per hundred at the close 

 of the experiment than those in the other lot. The steers in Lot IV 

 seemed to grow rather than to finish for market. The average steer 

 in Lot IV lost $L19 and in Lot V the average lost $5.74. In order 

 to break even on the two lots, it would have been necessary to sell 

 the steers in Lot IV at $11.31 per 100 pounds and those in Lot V at 

 $11.88 per 100 pounds. The margin required to feed the steers in 

 Lot IV was $1.31 per 100 pounds, and in Lot V it would have been 

 necessary to sell the animals at Si. 88 more than their purchase price. 



