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'ABLE III. SHELLED CORN, LINSEED OIL MEAL AND CLOVER 

 [AY vs. SHELLED CORN, COTTONSEED MEAL AND CLOVER HAY. 



Lot III 



Lot IV. 



Shelled corn, 

 linseed oil meal 

 and clover hay. 



Shelled corn, 



cottonseed 



meal and 



clover hay. 



Average initial weight 78.75 Ibs. 78.25 Ibs. 



Average final weight 103 . 5 Ibs. 102 . 00 Ibs. 



Average total gains 24 . 75 Ibs. 23.75 Ibs. 



Average daily gains . 252 Ibs. . 242 Ibs. 



Grain... 1.23 Ibs. 1.25 Ibs. 



Average daily rations Ray 1 ?5 ^ i gl ^ 



. Grain... 490.70 Ibs. 511.15 Ibs. 

 Feed per IOC Ibs. gam Ray ^AS Ibs. 747 . 57 Ibs. 



Cost of 100 Ibs. gain, with corn at 

 40c per bushel, hay at $10 per 

 ton, cottonseed meal $28 per 

 ton, linseed oil meal at $32 per 

 ton $7.632 $7.888 



Average shrink per head from Co- 

 lumbia to National Stock Yards 6.00 Ibs. 4.5 Ibs. 



Average weight per head at Na- 

 tional Stock Yards 97.5 Ibs. 97.5 Ibs. 



Selling price per 100 pounds $6.35 $6.30 



Average cost per head, Columbia, 



at $4.25 per 100 Ibs $3.346 $3.325 



Average cost of feed per head.... $1.890 $1.873 



Average selling price per head, 



Columbia $5 . 808 $5 . 759 



Average profit per head $ .572 $ .561 



Dressing per cent 50.5% 50.2% 



Grade of carcasses Good Good 



Throughout this particular experiment the linseed oil meal 

 >roved the more efficient supplement. The yearlings of this lot 

 required less grain and hay per hundred pounds gain, and made a 

 greater gain than did the lot which received the cottonseed meal. 

 The carcasses of both lots were graded good, but Lot III ranked 

 ibove Lot IV on the basis of their selling value. 



