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hundred pounds less tfi Lot 7 than in Lot 4. This large difference 

 in cost of gains is due primarily to the slower gains of the cattle in 

 Lot 4, because it is evident that with the small quantity of hay eaten 

 in both lots that it was not primarily the ration that caused the dif- 

 ference in cost of gain. 



SUMMARY. Table XII shows a summary of the data secured 

 in this comparison. Prices of feeds are shown on page 863. It will 

 be noted that in Lots 2 and 3 when hay furnished the only roughage 

 eaten by the cattle that more rapid gains and more economical gains 

 were produced with clover hay than with alfalfa hay. It will also 

 be noted that the cattle were slightly better finished when the clover 

 hay was fed. With an initial cost of $8.00 per cwt. it would have 

 been necessary for the cattle fed clover hay to have sold for $9.39 

 as compared with $9.63 per cwt. when alfalfa hay was fed. The 

 cattle fed clover hay returned a loss when pork is not included of 

 $17.02 per head as compared with $21.28 per head by cattle fed. 

 alfalfa hay. When pork is included there was a loss of $10.26 in 

 Lot 2 as compared with a loss of $13.07 in Lot 3. Had alfalfa hay 

 been valued at the same price as clover hay the loss in Lot 3 would 

 have been $11.09 instead of $13.07. When the cattle were fed both 

 hay and silage as in Lots 4 and 7, there was a more economical gain 

 and considerably better finish secured on the cattle when alfalfa hay 

 instead of clover hay was fed. With an initial value of $8.00 per 

 hundred pounds the cattle would have had to sell for $9.22 and $8.87 

 per cwt. in Lots 4 and 7 respectively. When pork is not 

 considered there was a loss of $15.30 when clover and silage were 

 fed, as compared with $8.19 when alfalfa hay and silage were fed. 

 When pork is considered there was a loss of $7.46 in Lot 4 as com- 

 pared with $1.07 in Lot 7. Considering the subnormal gains of 

 Lot 4 and also the small quantity of hay consumed in both Lots 4 

 and 7, it is highly probable that the difference between these two 

 lots of cattle was due more largely to the individuality of the cattle 

 than to the ration fed. 



