FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH BEEF CATTLE. 43 



Lot 3. Eight steers fed cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls in 



1910-1911. , 

 To purchase of 8 steers, weight 7,196 Ibs. @ $4.50 per 



hundred $323.82 



To feeding 6,065.8 Ibs. cottonseed meal @ $30.00 per 



ton 90.98 



To feeding 19,352 Ibs. cottonseed hulls @ $8.00 per 



ton 77.40 



To feeding 3,600 Ibs. corn stover @ $8.00 per ton 14.40 



To feeding 1,640 Ibs. corn silage @ $2.75 per ton 22.55 



Total $529.15 



By sale of 8 steers, weight 8,500 Ibs. @ $5.725 per 



hundred 486.62 



To value of 22.5 tons manure @ $2.00 per ton 45.00 



Total $531.62 



Profit on lot 3 (eight steers) 2.46 



Profit per steer .31 



Necessary selling price per hundred to break even on the 



transaction not counting the manure 6.23 



Discussion of Results. 



On the whole, the results obtained from feeding steers experimentally 

 have been satisfactory. There is necessity, however, for improvement 

 by making a more rigid selection of feeders. Even with the Experi- 



FIG. 9 Steers fed cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls in 1910-1911. 



ment Station cattle, the writer hopes to get the subject on a more prac- 

 tical basis making the profits larger than heretofore, and at the same 

 time derive accurate results from an experimental standpoint. 



