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gain of 2.71 pounds per day, shrunk 55 pounds in shipping, sold for $7.45 

 and dressed 58.8 per cent. The cost of 100 pounds gain was $10.71. Net 

 profit $14.49. 



Lot 2 with a ration of corn and oil meal were the heaviest lot of 

 all at the start, averaging 1,082 pounds. They gained 2.51 pounds per 

 day at a cost of $11.02 per hundred pounds, they shrunk 54 pounds in 

 shipping, sold for $7.50 and dressed 60.6 per cent. This lot fed nicely 

 all along and were the first cattle to shed. They stood the feeding of 

 corn and cob meal better than most of the others, and dressed out better 

 than any of the others excepting lot 5, which just equalled them, $14.85. 



Lot 3, on corn and cottonseed meal. After being on feed 42 days, 

 these steers showed signs of sickness and three of them died. This made 

 it necessary to drop this lot from the experiment. The cottonseed meal 

 men claim this was not due to the cottonseed meal but the cattle were 

 fed exactly the same kind of corn meal and wheat straw from the same 

 stack as the other lots, none of which showed any signs of sickness. The 

 average analysis of 35 samples of cottonseed meal as reported by Professor 

 Henry in his work on "Feeds and Feeding" shows 8.2 per cdnt water, 

 7.2 per cent ash, 42.3 per cent protein, 5.6 per cent crude fiber, 23.6 per 

 cent of nitrogeb. free extract and 13.1 per cent of ether extract, and the 

 analysis of the meal which we were feeding, made by Dr. Weems, shows 

 9 per cent water, 7.4 per cent ash, 41.3 per cent protein, 7.8 per cent crude 

 fiber, 18.9 per cent nitrogen free extract and 15.6 of ether extract. The 

 cattle were feeding nicely and only eating 2y 2 pounds of cottonseed meal 

 per head daily when the first symptons of sickness appeared. They 

 were making a gain of 2.38 pounds per day at a cost of $9.84 per hun- 

 dred. During July and August while still at the Brookmont farms, I 

 fed a bunch of yearling steers as high as seven pounds of cottonseed meal 

 per day without bad results but they were only on this feed about forty 

 days and they lacked a few pounds of making as good gains as a like 

 lot on corn meal alone. My experience with cottonseed meal has there- 

 fore been quite unsatisfactory but I am not prepard to say that the cot- 

 tonseed meal was or was not the cause of this trouble as it has been 

 fed by others in larger quantities and for longer periods without bad 

 results, and in many cases giving very satisfactory returns. 



Lot 4, on corn and gluten meal, were a very even lot of cattle and 

 took kindly to their feed from the start, averaging 1,075 pounds and mak- 

 ing a gain of 2.92 pounds per day at a cost of $9.34, shrunk 62% pounds 

 in shipping, sold for $7.65 or five cents above any other lot, dressed 59.6 

 per cent. Net profit for steer $17.99. 



Lot 5, on corn and gluten feed, were a little slow in taking hold of 

 their feed at the start. They did not seem to like the gluten feed until 

 they became accustomed to it, but during the latter part of the test they 

 fed very satisfactorily. They weighed 1,025 pounds at the start, made 

 an average gain of 2.88 pounds daily at a cost of $9.65 per hundred, 

 shrunk 50 pounds in shipping, this being the lightest shrink on any lot. 



