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lowing steers fed cotton-seed meal. Hogs are sometimes injured 

 by the meal, but not by any that has passed through the steer, 

 for there is no evidence that droppings from the steer fed cotton- 

 seed meal are injurious to the hog. 



The preparation cf the feed will determine the number of hogs 

 which follow the cattle. Dr. H. J. Waters, in Missouri Experi- 

 ment Station Bulletin 76, from answers to a number of questions 

 sent cut to feeders in the corn belt, found an approximate average 

 number of hogs per steer would be about as follows (the steers 

 being two-year-old cattle and the hogs weighing 100 to 150 

 pounds) : 



Snapped ear corn 2 to 3 hogs per steer 



Ear corn iy 2 hogs per steer 



Shelled corn 1 to l 1 /^ hogs per steer 



Crushed or ground corn. . . % to y 2 hog per steer 

 The average was \y 2 hogs per steer, or 150 hogs per 100 steers. 

 There should always be more than enough hogs to clean the 

 waste, because generally the hogs are more profitable than the 

 cattle, and it is hard to regulate exactly the proper number to 

 consume the droppings from the steers. The hogs should receive 

 enough feed in addition to the droppings so that they will not 

 disturb the steers too much. 



WAYS OF MARKETING CATTLE 



There are two ways of marketing cattle : selling at home to a 

 local buyer, and shipping them out to the market. 



There are arguments in favor of both methods, and the plan 

 to be adopted will depend upon the condition of the market, the 

 quality of the cattle, and the number of cattle one has. 



The first method is the only one open to the man who has only 

 a few cattle to sell, as it will net pay to ship less than a car 

 load. 



The small shipper is always handicapped on the market more 

 than the heavy shipper because the market naturally favors the 

 man who ships extensively. The expenses incurred by the light 

 shipper are proportionally higher than those of the heavy ship- 

 per. That is, the expenses for the shipper will be the same and 

 the money made will vary in proportion to the volume of busi- 

 ness. With only one car load, the shipper would have to pay his 

 transportation one way, while with two or more car loads he will 

 get transportation both ways. 



