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tity of corn by feeding molasses (cane) as shown in Lot 5 resulted 

 in a more rapid gain, a more economical gain and a slightly lighter 

 loss per steer. While the cattle in Lot 4 would have had to sell for 

 $9.22 per hundred pounds in the lot to break even, the cattle in Lot 5 

 could have sold for $9.02 per hundred pounds. Both lots were 

 valued at the end of the trial at $8.20 per hundred pounds in the feed 

 lots, thus returning a loss of $15.30 per head and $12.84 P er head in 

 Lots 4 and 5 respectively. When pork is considered there was a 

 loss of $7.46 per head in Lot 4 as compared with a loss of $6.19 per 

 head in Lot 5. 



With Lot 4 as a standard and the cottonseed meal replaced by 

 mixed molasses feed as in Lot 6 there was a decrease in the rate of 

 gain, an increase in the cost of gain and a slight decrease in the sell- 

 ing value of the cattle. It would have been necessary for the cattle 

 receiving the mixed molasses feed instead of cottonseed meal to have 

 sold for 29 cents per hundred pounds more than those in Lot 4 to 

 make the same returns. As a matter of fact the actual selling value 

 was 10 cents per hundred pounds less than in Lot 4. The loss per 

 steer in Lot 6 when pork is not included was $20.82 per head as com- 

 pared with $15.30 per head in Lot 4. When pork is included in the 

 returns from the cattle the loss was $12.91 per head and $7.46 per 

 head in Lots 6 and 4 respectively. In studying these data, however, 

 it is well to bear in mind that conclusions should not be drawn from 

 one trial but that the experiment should be repeated before reliable 

 data can be secured. 



