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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



[Vol 40 



In the first experiment the roughage consisted of cottonseed hulls, corn silage, 

 and a combination of these. The steers used were mostly grades of the various 

 beef breeds 1\ to 3$ years old. Cottonseed meal was fed in equal quantities to 

 all lots in a particular year. The steers received all the rougbage twice daily 

 that they would clean up in an hour's time. In 1913-14 the prices charged per ton 

 for feeds were: Cottonseed meal $27.50, cottonseed bulls $9.50, corn silage $3.25. 

 In 1914-15 in Mississippi the prices charged were less, being cottonseed meal 

 $•23.50, hulls $6.50, and silage $3. The results are given in the following table: 



Steer feeding experiments in Alabama and Mississippi i'-ith cottonseed hulls 



and corn silage as roughages. 



In 1914-15 the daily gains wore noticeably smaller than those of the pre- 

 coding year. "This is duo chiefly to slightly inferior steers, poor silage, loss 



desirable f ling conditions, and a longer feeding period in the 1914-15 trial. 



. . . Notwithstanding the fact that the prieos of feeds wore less and the steers 

 were sold at a greater margin in the 1914-15 trials, the three i"is of steers fed 

 the previous year in Alabama made considerably more profit. The high cost of 

 gains in 191 1 15 had offset the advantages of cheap feeds ami more favorable 

 marketing." In the second year tin- silage fed lots shrank a little more in 

 transit than Lot 1. 



The second experiment dealt with farm grown rou?liaL r es and was carried 

 on for two seasons. Each lot received cottonseed meal (in a fixed amount) 

 and sorghum silage with or without corn stover or oat straw. The prices 

 charged per ton in i!d."> 16 were cottonseed meal $32, sorghum silage $3, corn 

 stover $5, and oat straw $5. The prieos in 1916- IT were the same except that 

 cottonseed meal was $33. Twenty steers were used in each lot in each year. 

 They were grades of various beef breeds and ranged In aire from 2 to \ years. 

 The results may be summarized as follows: 



Steer failing experiments in Mississippi with home-grown roughages. 



