874 



It will be noted in Table V that with the exception of the first 

 month there was a larger consumption of corn in Lot I receiving 

 ground soybeans than in Lot 4 receiving cottonseed meal. There 

 was also a slightly greater silage consumption. This was counter- 

 balanced by the greater hay consumption in Lot 4 receiving the cot- 

 tonseed meal. The cattle in Lot i maintained eager appetites for 

 their feed throughout the entire trial. This is not in perfect accord 

 with two previous trials 1 on the subject in which it was shown that 

 the cattle receiving ground soybeans did not maintain eager appetites 

 for more than ninety to one hundred days, after which time they 

 seemed t<> have an aversion for corn silage and ground soybeans. 

 In this trial, however, eager appetites were maintained during the 

 entire feeding period. The soybeans did not have as marked a laxa- 

 tive effect on the cattle in this trial as in previous trials. 



GAIN. The rate of gain by months is shown in Table VI. 



TABLE VI. Showing Average Daily Gain per Steer by Months, 

 December 16, 1914 to May 15, 1915 (150 days) 



Lot 1 Lot 4 



Shelled corn, Shelled corn, 



ground soybeans, cottonseed meal, 



oat straw, clover hay, 



corn silage corn silage 



First month 2.78 Ibs. 1.83 Ibs. 



Second month 3.47 " 3.32 " 



Third month 2.22 " 2.03 " 



Fourth month 2.37 " 1.80 " 



Fil'th month. 2.34 " 2.37 " 



Totiil i- r ;iin per steer 



A ve nitre daily train lor entire period 



395.1 Ibs. 340.3 Ibs. 



2.03 " 2.27 " 



It will be noted that very satisfactory gains were made during 

 the entire: period by cattle fed ground soybeans. The gains were not 

 so satisfactory by the cattle fed cottonseed meal. As was previously 

 noted, however, the gains in Lot 4 were not as rapid as is normally 

 the case with this ration. There was a gain of 395 pounds per steer 

 by the cattle fed ground soybeans as compared with 340 pounds by 

 the cattle fed cottonseed meal. 



COST or GAINS. Table VII shows the average amount of feed 

 consumed per pound gain and cost per hundred pounds gain. 



