FEEDING BEEF CATTLE IN MISSISSIPPI. 



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per pound. The best steer, see Fig. 7, having an average cost of 5.1 

 cents per pound of gain which was less than the price he sold for at 

 St. Louis. As the carcass of this steer, see Fig. 9, was selected as 

 the best of the whole lot, it would seem reasonably certain that the 

 meal and hulls produced beef of as good quality as the corn, bran and 

 hay ration. 



LOT V. 



The relative merits of stable vs. open yard feeding are shown 

 to be almost identical with the results obtained at other Experiment 

 Stations. 



The stable fed steers made greater gains on less feed and in addition 

 to this all the manure was saved which was no small item. 



The steers in the open lot ate more feed and made almost as rapid 

 gains as the stable fed cattle. They gained much more rapidly when 

 the weather was fine and were less trouble to care for. 



During the bad weather of February the yard fed steers gained 

 only a little over one pound per day, (Lots Nos. 4 and 5, 2nd period), 



