88s 



make as satisfactory gains as when the molasses was fed, there 

 being a difference of 51.3 pounds per steer in 150 days feed. In 

 Lot 6 where the cottonseed meal was replaced by molasses feed the 

 gains were decreased by the use of the molasses feed, the total gain 

 per steer being 310.5 pounds in Lot 6 as compared with 340.3 pounds 

 in Lot 4. 



COST OF GAINS. Table XV shows the average amount of feed 

 consumed per pound gain and the cost per hundred pounds gain. 



XV. Showing Average Amount of Feed Consumed per 

 Pound Gain and Cost per Hundred Pounds Gain 



It will be noted that the feed required to make a pound of gain 

 was greatest in Lot 6 and least in Lot 5. This is due not only to the 

 concentrates but to roughage as well. Although silage consumption in 

 Lot 5 was higher than in Lot 4, the hay consumption was consid- 

 erably less. It will also be noted that the dry matter* consumed per 

 pound gain was least in Lot 5 and greatest in Lot 6. The cost of 

 gain per hundred pounds followed the same order. These facts show 

 that in this trial the substitution of molasses feed for cottonseed 

 meal in the ration of shelled corn, cottonseed meal, clover hay, and 

 corn silage resulted in a greater expenditure of feed for each pound 

 of gain and a greater cost for each pound of gain. On the other 

 hand, the replacing of a small quantity of corn by an equal quantity 

 of feeding molasses decreased the feed required to make a pound of 

 gain and reduced the cost of each hundred pounds of gain. 



SUMMARY. Table XVI shows a summary of the data secured 

 in this comparison. Prices of feeds are given on page 863. Taking 

 as a standard, Lot 4 receiving a ration of shelled corn, cottonseed 

 meal, clover hay, and corn silage, the replacement of a small quan- 



