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They were consuming 14.5 pounds shelled corn and 2 pounds 

 cotton seed meal per head daily by September i. On September 

 13, when they were eating 17.5 pounds shelled corn and 2.5 

 Bounds cotton seed meal, the grass had failed to such an extent 

 rhat it was necessary to supplement the grass ; green sorghum 

 was cut and fed to the cattle. October I, the grain ration had 

 been increased to 19 pounds shelled corn, 3 pounds cotton seed 

 meal and 15 pounds green sorghum per head daily. On October 

 15, they were eating 20.5 pounds shelled corn and 3.3 pounds 

 cotton seed meal. The green sorghum was not available from 

 this time on, hence corn stover was used as roughage, limited to 

 what they would clean up readily, amounting to approximately 10 

 pounds per head daily. There was no further change in the 

 ration until November 6, when the corn was increased to 21.2 

 pounds and again on November 15, to 21 .6 pounds per head daily 

 which was the maximum amount fed during the experiment, the 

 cotton seed meal remaining 3.3 pounds per head daily. On 

 November 26, in order to prepare them for shipment, the corn 

 in the ration was reduced 6 pounds per head for the morning 

 feed. In the afternoon they were given 3 pounds corn, 3 

 pounds oats and I pound cotton seed meal, with 5 pounds 

 mixed clover and timothy hay. On the morning of November 

 27, they were fed 6 pounds oats and 6 pounds timothy hay per 

 head without access to water, in order to avoid excessive shrink- 

 age between the Station and Chicago. 



Estimating shelled corn at 5oc. and oats at 48c. per 

 bushel, with bran at $24.00, cotton seed meal at $28.00, green 

 sorghum at $2.00, corn stover a $2.00, and hay at $12.00 per 

 ton, which were the average prices of these feeds while the experi- 

 ment was in progress, and the pasture used at $2.00 per head, the 

 total cost of feeds was $439.85 from August 8 to November 26, 

 during which time the steers gained 6460 pounds or 3.25 pounds 

 per head daily. This gain includes the first 10 days after ship- 

 ment, during which there was a rapid increase in weight due to 

 fill.. Under these conditions the gains cost $6.80 per hundred. 



RECORD OF HOGS FOLLOWING "SHORT-FED" CATTLE. 



On August 15, 20 hogs weighing 3200 pounds went into the 

 experimental lot. At the end of the period they weighed 4930 

 pounds. The hogs were fed 2950 pounds of shelled corn in ad- 

 dition to the feed obtained from the droppings of the steers. 

 Estimating this corn at 45 cents per bushel, the total cost would 

 be $23.75. The value of the increase, 1730 pounds on the hogs 



