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Lot 5 (Corn, Alfalfa, and Prairie Hay). 

 1906 

 Feb. 15 To 10 steers, weight 11,641 Ibs., at $4.15 per 



hundred net, Lincoln $483 10 



To 13,010 Ibs. corn at 62^ cents per hundred. 81 31 



To 2,170 Ibs. alfalfa at $6.00 per ton 6 57 



To 2,370 Ibs. prairie hay at $6.00 per ton 7 11 



To interest on $483.10 for 2 mo. at 6 per cent. . 4 83 



To profit on ten steers 2528 



1906 



Apr. 12 By 10 steers, weight 12,923 Ibs., at $4.60 net, Lin- 

 coln $594 46 



By 238 Ibs. pork at $5.75 per hundred net, Lin- 

 coln 13 68 



$608 14 $608 14 

 (Profit on each steer, $2.53.) 



Lot 6 (Corn-and-cob meal, Alfalfa, and Prairie Hay). 

 1906 

 Feb. 15 To 10 steers, weight 11,692 Ibs., at $4.15 per 



hundred net, Lincoln $485 22 



To 10,730 Ibs. corn (13,412 Ibs. corn-and-cob 



meal) at 68 cents per hundred 72 96 



To 2,050 Ibs. alfalfa at $6.00 per ton 6 15 



To 2,145 Ibs. prairie hay at $6.00 per ton 6 43 



To interest on $485.22 for 2 mo. at 6 per cent. . 4 85 



To profit on ten steers 20 49 



1906 



Apr. 12' By 10 steers, weight 12,790 Ibs., at $4.60 per 



hundred net, Lincoln $588 34 



By 135 Ibs. pork at $5.75 per hundred net, 



Lincoln 7 76 



$596 10 $596 10 

 (Profit on each steer, $2.05.) 



INFERENCES FROM EXPERIMENT II. 



Conclusions can not be drawn from the results of a single 

 experiment, but the records of this test indicate that oil-meal 

 is superior to cottonseed-meal. The greater profits, however, 

 from oil-meal were due in part to the fact that the hogs be- 

 hind the cattle fed cottonseed-meal made much smaller gains. 



The records in this experiment also indicate that oil-meal 

 has a value nearly three times as great as bran. To be more 

 explicit, if the bran in this experiment had cost |20.80 per 

 ton, the oil-meal $59.60 per ton, and the cottonseed-meal 

 $45.60 per ton, the net profits would have been the same in 

 each case as on corn and prairie hay without a protein 

 concentrate. 



