457 



In Table VII a sliding scale of prices for corn, varying from 

 40 cents to 70 cents per bushel, was used in order that the cost of 

 gains might be applied to market conditions differing from those 

 prevailing during the time the experiment was in progress. A study 

 of this table shows that an increase of 10 cents in the price of a 

 bushel of corn increased the cost of gains approximately $1.55 per 

 hundred ; that the cost of gains in pasture has been slightly in excess 

 of that in the dry lot. 



TABLE: VIII. Showing Necessary Selling Price for Yearlings 

 Worth from $5.00 to $6.50 at the Beginning of the Finishing 

 Period when Fed in Dry Lot or Pasture with Corn at Vary- 

 ing Prices During a Finishing Period of 90 Days 



Selling Price 1 

 Dry lot Pasture 



upon the following- prices: 

 Cotton-seed meal. .. @ $28.00 per ton 



Clover hay @ $ 8.00 " " 



Corn silage @ $ 2.50 " " 



Pasture @ 75 cents per head per month 



