8/5 



TABLE VII. Showing Average Amount of Feed Consumed per 

 Pound Gain and Cost per Hundred Pounds Gain 



It will be noted that the gains in Lot I where ground soybeans 

 were fed were made on a smaller quantity of all the component feeds 

 than were those in Lot 4 fed cottonseed meal. This is due to the 

 fact that the gains in Lot 4 were not as rapid as was normally to be 

 expected with this ration. Nevertheless the cost of gain in Lot i was 

 very economical when compared to the cost of gain by other rations 

 fed in this experiment. 



SUMMARY. The prices of feeds in the following summary are 

 the same as noted on page 863. The ground soybeans were valued 

 at $28.00 per ton, the same as was paid for the cottonseed meal. 

 When pork is considered the value of the feed fed the hogs is de- 

 ducted from the pork actually produced before the pork produced 

 from the droppings is added to the receipts from the cattle. The 

 summary shows that the cattle fed ground soybeans made more 

 rapid gains, more economical gains, and attained a higher finish than 

 similar cattle fed a ration containing cottonseed meal. There was a 

 greater pork production in the lot receiving cottonseed meal than in 

 the one receiving ground soybeans. 



