crease in live weight of the two lots. The solid line indicates Lot I, 

 getting the smaller amount of dry matter, and the broken line indi- 

 cates Lot II. The loss of Lot II during the first period indicates 

 the necessity for care in changing from a dry ration to one com- 

 posed of a considerable portion of silage. After the first period the 

 gains of both lots were comparatively uniform and almost parallel. 

 Table II gives the amount of feed offered, refused and eaten 

 by the two lots during the entire experiment. 



Table III. 



Amount of feed offered and consumed. 



Table IV gives the cost of feeding the two lots, assuming the 

 cost of feeds to be as indicated. 



Table IV. 



Cost of feed. 



LOT I 



Hay @ $12 $18.63 



Silage @ $2.50 11.22 



Stover $5 8.24 



Cottonseed Meal $30 26.46 



Ear Corn @ 70c 191. 12 



255.67 



LOT II 



$19.41 



23.82 



8.20 



29.77 



174.74 



255.94 



It is thus seen that at the above prices the cost of feeding the 

 two lots was practically the same. In this case Lot I was fed the 

 more economically on account of its greater gain. If it is assumed 

 that the ear corn was worth eighty cents per hundred weight or 

 sixteen dollars per ton, the other feeds remaining the same, the cost 



