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They sold for $7.60 and dressed 60.6 per cent, equalling the oil meal lot 

 in this respect. Net profit per steer $17.60. 



Lot 6, on corn and germ oil meal, never took hold of their feed with 

 the relish that the other lots did and were very slow feeders all through 

 the test. They weighed 1,075 pounds average at the start, made an aver- 

 age gain of 2.32 pounds per day at a cost of $11.64 per hundred, shrunk 

 71 pounds in shipping, sold for $7.40 and dressed 60.3 per cent. Net $12.16 

 Lot 7, on corn and dried blood. The best feeding steer in the whole 

 220 head was in this lot and also some of the poorest feeders. At first 

 they turned away from the dried blood when it was scattered over the 

 snapped corn but later when mixed with corn meal they seemed to like 

 it and ate it with a relish and were never off their feed. They weighed 

 1,062 pounds at the start, made a gain of 2.42 pounds daily at a cost of 

 Ml. 08, shrunk 63 pounds in shipping, sold for $7.60 and dressed 59.5 per 

 cent. $15.36. 



Lot 8, on corn and Iowa Stock Food, weighed 1,015 pounds at the 

 start, made a gain of 2.30 pounds per day at a cost of $10.51, shrunk 60 

 pounds in shipping and sold for $7.40. They were the lightest lot of 

 cattle in the test but fed fairly well all through, dressing out 59.6 per cent. 

 Net profit $13.89. 



Lot 9, on corn and International Stock Food, fed very slow on the 

 start but did better toward the close. They averaged 1,016 pounds, made 

 an average gain of 1.97 pounds at at cost of $13.41, shrunk 72 pounds in 

 shipping, sold for $7.20 and dressed 59.6 per cent. Net profit per steer, 

 $6.33. 



Lot 10, on corn and Standard Stock Food, weighed 1,030 pounds, made 

 an average gain of 2.17 pounds per day at a cost of $11.95, shrunk 67 

 pounds in shipping, sold for $7.00, the lowest price of any lot and dressed 

 58.7 per cent. According to the instructions given by the company fur- 

 nishing the Standard Stock Food, these cattle were fed but once daily, 

 receiving the whole of their grain ration in the morning. Net profit, $5.52. 



Lot 11, on corn and grass, average 1,053 pounds at the start, made a 

 gain of 2.49 pounds per day at a cost of $10.20 per hundred, and as would 

 be expected of grass cattle they shrunk 84 pounds in shipping, which 

 was the heaviest shrink of any lot. They sold for $7.55 which was within 

 ten cents of the top, dressing out 59.3 per cent. This lot was fed exactly 

 the same as lot 1 until April 17th, when they) were turned on a 24-acre 

 pasture. The grass was very short at this time and they were still 

 allowed access to straw. Net profit per steer, $14.97. 



There was very little difference in the gains made by the hogs fol- 

 lowing the different lots. Twenty hogs were placed in each lot at the 

 beginning and no extra feed was given them. At the end of eight weeks, 

 when the cattle were being fed corn meal, half of the hogs were taken 

 from each lot Those following the grass cattle made the best gains. 

 This was perhaps largely due to the amount of feed they got from tne 

 grass. Careful check was kept on each lot while they were being shipped, 



