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PART VI 



GROUND SOYBEANS VS. COTTONSEED MEAL AS SUPPLE- 

 MENT TO RATIONS FOR FATTENING LAMBS 



Part VI is a discussion of results comparing cottonseed meal 

 and ground soybeans as supplements to corn for fattening lambs. 

 Both lots of lambs were fed the same except that cottonseed meal 

 was used in Lot 7 and ground soybeans in Lot 8. There was no 

 appareiil difference in ibc appetites of the lambs throughout the 

 experiment. I'.otb lots of lambs seemed to relish their feed. 



TABI& VI. Cottonseed Meal vs. Ground Soybeans as Supplement 



to Shelled Corn, Clover Hay, and Corn Silage for Fattening 



Lambs, October jS, 1<)I5 to February 5, rc)i(> 



It will be noted in Table VI that the daily feed consumption 

 was the same in both lots. There was very little difference in the 

 rate of gain made by the lambs although this slight difference was 

 in favor of the lambs receiving cottonseed meal. The feed required 

 to make a pound of gain and cost of gain was also in favor of the 

 cottonseed meal. With both supplements valued at the same price, 

 100 pounds of gain cost $8.26 when cottonseed meal was fed as 

 compared with $8.52 when ground soybeans were fed. The lambs 

 receiving cottonseed meal were valued at $10.90 per hundred pounds 

 and returned a profit of $1.74 per lamb. Lambs fed ground soy- 

 beans as supplement to their ration were valued at $10.05 per hun- 

 dred pounds and returned a profit of $1.45 per lamb. Had both 

 lots of lambs been valued at the same price, the profit in Lot 8 would 

 have been $1.65 per bead as compared with a profit of $1.74 per 

 head in Lot 7. 



