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The accompanying table gives the result of the different lots 

 of short- fed cattle exhibited at the show. The statement varies 

 slightly from that presented by the various feeders owing to the 

 fact that the prices used for feeds were variable. Jn making np the 

 table an uniform price of feeds has been nsed in order that the com- 

 parison may be made as nearly accurate as possible. There were 

 two lots of two year old cattle exhibited and one of yearlings. It 

 will be noticed in studying this table that the 15 head of yearlings 

 fed at the Station made a gain of 53/7.5 pounds as compared with 

 .[140 pounds and 4200 pounds bv the two year old cattle fed by 

 practical feeders. This would amount to 80 pounds per steer 

 during the four months feeding period in favor of the methods 

 used at the Station. The cost in producing TOO pounds 

 gain is presented in connection with the rate of gain to show that 

 the Station cattle made their gains at a cost of $5.98 per hundred 

 less than the Crabb two-year-olds and $3.51 less than the Hender- 

 son two year old cattle. The cattle were sold at public auction on 

 the same market and an interesting comparison is there shown, 

 where the Purdue yearlings sold at S/./o per hundred or 50 cents 

 per hundred higher than the Henderson two-year-olds and 60 cents 

 higher than the Crabb two-year-olds. The dressing percentage in 

 the various lots was quite uniform, varying from 59.01 per cent, 

 up to 59.9 per cent. First prize was awarded to the Crabb two- 

 year-olds in the two year old class and to the Purdue yearlings in 

 the yearling class. Y\ nen it came to awarding the championship 

 it was given to the Crabb two-year-olds in spite of the fact that 

 the Station cattle had made 1231.5 pounds greater gain at a co<t 

 of S5-98 per hundred less and that they were considered to be worth 

 o-o cents per hundred more than the championship cattle on foot 

 when bought by the same party. This would seem to indicate that 

 the award was based entirely upon the probable dressing percentage 

 of the cattle without any consideration of the rate or cost of grains 

 or of the quality of the beef. 



