RATIONS FOR FATTENING WESTERN SHEEP 



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SHELLED CORN AND CLOVER HAY 



VS. 

 SHELLED CORN, COTTONSEED MEAL AND CLOVER HAY. 



Cottonseed meal is a nitrogenous supplement which has come 

 into common use in recent years among sheep and cattle feeders. 

 It is less expensive than linseed oil meal in most cases. This trial 

 was conducted to determine as far as it was possible the economy 

 of feeding a grain ration of six parts shelled corn and one part cotton- 

 seed meal by weight as compared with shelled corn. Both lots 

 received clover hay as a roughness. The results of this trial are 

 shown in Table II. 



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

 SHELLED CORN AND COTTONSEED MEAL. 



Average initial weight 

 Average final weight 



Average total gains 



Average daily gains 



Average daily rati< 



Feed per 100 bis. g 



Cost of 100 Ibs. gain, with corn at 

 40c per bushel, hay at $10 per 

 ton, cottonseed meal at $28. . . 



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. . 



$7.402 



5.75 Ibs. 



95.5 Ibs. 

 $6.35 



$3.321 

 $1.730 



$5.681 

 $ .630 

 52.2% 

 Good 



$7.888 



4.5 Ibs. 



97.5 Ibs. 

 $6.30 



$3.325 

 $1.873 



$5.759 

 $ .561 

 50.2% 

 Good 



