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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



for 50 days, and a maximum of meal and minimum of hulls for 70 days, 

 the average amount fed during the whole period being 0.34 lbs. meal 

 and 15.52 lbs. bulls per head daily. Lot 2 was fed a "normal ration" 

 of meal and hulls ad libitum, consuming on an average 5.88 lbs. meal 

 and 17.83 lbs. hulls. Lot 3 was fed a maximum of meal and minimum 

 of hulls, the daily ration averaging 5.98 lbs. meal and 10.77 lbs. hulls. 

 Lot 4 received a minimum amount of meal and a maximum of hulls, 

 the daily ration averaging 4 lbs. meal and 19.02 lbs. hulls. Each steer 

 was fed separately. 



The financial statement is based on high, medium, and low prices, 

 viz, $18, |15, and $12 per ton for meal and $4, $3.50, and $3 per ton 

 for hulls. The steers were rated at 2 cts. per pound at the beginning 

 of the test and 3 cts. at the close. The average results are shown in 

 the following table: 



Besults of first steer feeding experiment. 



Lotl 



Lot 2 

 Lot 3 

 Lot 4 



Ratio of 

 cotton- 

 seed meal 

 to hulls. 



Average 

 weight 

 per head 

 at begin- 

 ning. 



Pou?ids. 

 1:2.4 I 764.0 

 1:2.9 ' 754.0 

 1 : 1. 7 762. 5 



1:4.8 756.0 



Average 

 gain pel- 

 head. 



Cost of 



food per 



pound of 



gain. 



Pounds. Gents. 



231. 3. 88 



213. 5 4. 23 



117.5 6.51 



214.0 3.54 



Profit per 

 head. 



$5. 60 

 4.00 

 3.51 

 6.39 



For purposes of comparison the gains made by the steers in a short 

 period were also calculated. The average gains made per steer by the 

 different lots during 70 days of the above test were as follows: Lot 1, 

 146 lbs. j lot 2, 146 lbs. ; lot 3, 92.5 lbs. ; and lot 4, 159 lbs. The average 

 cost per pound of gain for the respective lots was 3.24 cts., 3.68 cts., 

 4.95 cts., and 2.89 cts. 



The second experiment, which began December 4, 1895, and covered 

 120 days, was practically a duplicate of the preceding. Six range steers 

 were divided into 3 uniform lots. The average daily ration per head of 

 lot 1 was 9.38 lbs. cotton-seed meal and 14 lbs. cotton-seed hulls; of lot 

 2, 3.8 lbs. meal and 24.65 lbs. hulls; of lot 3, 7.06 lbs. meal and 21.67 

 lbs. hulls. The results are briefly shown in the following table: 



Besults of second steer feeding experiment. 



