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age on pasture. Accordingly the charges per lot for 

 pasture are $1.50 and $1.00 respectively 



The lot fed corn meal alone made relatively slow 

 gains. 



The use of pasture increased the rate of gain, and 

 reduced the amount of feed required to produce a given 

 gain. 



The corn meal and tankage mixture proved more etVi- 

 cient than corn meal alone in producing rapid and eco- 

 nomical gains. 



Economy of gains depends very largely upon mar- 

 ket prices of feeds. The following tables show the 

 cost of gains with corn at 45, 60 and 75 cents per bushel, 



Corn, 45 cents per bushel; tankage, $42.60 per ton. 



Corn, 60 cents per bushel; tankage, $42.60 per ton 



