124 AGMCULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



It will be seen from the above table that the animals 

 soiled made fully two and one-half times the daily gain as did 

 the pasture lots. This is probably due to an abundance of 

 food on the part of the soiled steers. The pastures were 

 what were termed ' ' good " by the average farmer. 



The total cost of feed to produce a pound of live Aveight is 

 about the same in each case. In case of the soiled animals, 

 however, the manure is left upon the farm. If one might 

 assume that the value of the manure from a commercial stand- 

 point would about pay for cost of attendance, the conditions 

 would appear to be about equal. It must not be forgotten, 

 however, that all of the coarse fodders grown upon the place 

 were charged at market rates. 



The writer thinks, judging from the above results, that no 

 absolute rule can be laid down to govern all cases. Local 

 conditions and circumstances would undoubtedly be the deter- 

 mining factors. Other things being equal, steers can at least 

 be as economically grown by soiling as by pasturing. 



