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N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



The financial statements given cover the exact cost of the steers 

 through the experimental period. No account was taken of the feeds 

 used or gains made during the preliminary period. The gains were not 

 large during the latter period, however, as the steers used most of the 

 feed in regaining their original weight. 



FIG. 10. Round, porterhouse and sirloin cuts from steers fed cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls 



in 1910-1911. 



The writer is not fully decided regarding the difference in cost of the 

 gains on the steers fed corn silage, and those fed corn silage and corn 

 stover. Both years the latter ration gave the most expensive gains. The 

 dressing percentage was practically the same for lots 1 and 2, while the 

 difference in the quality of the meat of each lot was not marked. The 

 results show clearly that corn silage is a valuable roughage in the ration 

 for beef cattle. The results obtained are not the same that have been 

 secured under other conditions. It should be remembered, however, that 

 the feeds available for beef production in the South are quite different 

 from those used in other sections which necessitates special work by 

 Southern stations to determine the value of the various feeds and com 

 binations. 



