332 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA. BULLETIN, NO. 115 



TABLE I. SHELLED CORN AND CLOVER HAY vs. SHELLED CORN, 

 LINSEED OIL MEAL AND CLOVER HAY. 



Average initial weight 



Average-final weight 



Average total gains 



Average daily gains 



( Grain. . 

 Average daily rations < 



r- j . J Grain . . 



Feed per 100 Ibs. gam < TT 



( Hay 



Cost of 100 Ibs. gain, with corn at 

 40c per bushel, hay at $10 per 

 ton, linseed meal at $32 per ton 



Average shrink per head from 

 Columbia to National Stock 

 Yards 



Average weight per head at Na- 

 tional Stock Yards 



Selling price per 100 Ibs 



Average cost per head, Columbia, 

 at $4.25 per 100 Ibs 



Average cost of feed per head .... 



Average selling price per head, 

 Columbia 



Average profit per head 



Dressing, per cent 



Grade of carcasses. . 



Lot II. 

 Shelled 



corn, 



and 



clover 



hay. 



78.15 Ibs. 



101.25 Ibs. 



23.10 Ibs. 



.235 Ibs. 



1.23 Ibs. 



1.72 Ibs. 



524.89 Ibs. 



730.73 Ibs. 



$7.402 



5.75 Ibs. 



95.5 Ibs. 

 $6.35 



$3.321 

 $1.730 



$5.681 



$ .630 



52.2% 



Good. 



Lot III. 



Shelled corn, 



linseed oil 



meal and 



clover 



hay 



78.75 Ibs. 



103.50 Ibs. 



24.75 Ibs. 



.252 Ibs. 



1.23 Ibs. 



1.75 Ibs. 



490.70 Ibs. 



703.43 Ibs. 



$7.632 



6.00 Ibs. 



97.5 Ibs. 

 $6.35 



$3.346 

 $1.890 



$5.808 



$ .572 



50.5% 



Good. 



The above table shows that the two lots consumed on an aver- 

 age, the same amount of grain per head, and that the lot receiving 

 the linseed oil meal in connection with the shelled corn ate a little 

 more hay, but the difference is so small that it would have very 

 little effect on the results, hence the advantage of 1.65 Ibs. total 

 gain per head can be attributed to the linseed oil cake. 



Both lots sold for the same price, $6.35 per hundred pounds 

 ,at the National Stock Yards. The carcasses of both lots were 

 graded as good, though ranked in the order of their selling value. 

 Lot II was placed above Lot III. 



The table also shows that one hundred pounds of gain required 

 less grain and hay where linseed oil meal was added to the corn 

 ration. The economy of feeding linseed oil meal will depend upon 



