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BULLETIN 628, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Each steer in Lot 1 ate 3.38 pounds each of cottonseed meal and 

 ear corn and 21.84 pounds of cottonseed hulls daily during the first 

 28 days. These amounts were increased until in the last period of 12 

 days each steer consumed daily an average of 6.82 pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal, 6 pounds of ear corn, and 25 pounds of cottonseed hulls. 

 The average daily ration per head for the entire 96 days was 5.49 

 pounds of cottonseed meal, 5.21 pounds of ear corn, and 24.04 pounds 

 of cottonseed hulls. 



The average daily ration per head of the steers in Lot 2 was 5.17 

 pounds of cottonseed meal and 21.84 pounds of cottonseed hulls for 

 the first 28-day period. During the last 12 days each steer ate on the 

 average 8.68 pounds of cottonseed meal and 25 pounds of cottonseed 



Fig. 8. — Steers finished on cottonseed meal and corn silage (Lot 3, winter of 1914-15). 



hulls per day. The average daily ration per head for the 96-day fat- 

 tening period was 7.41 pounds of cottonseed meal and 24.04 pounds 

 of cottonseed hulls. 



The 21 steers in Lot 3 consumed an average daily ration per head 

 of 5.17 pounds of cottonseed meal and 38.45 pounds of corn silage 

 during the first 28 days. The quantities were increased to 8.64 pounds 

 of cottonseed meal and 45 pounds of silage during the third period. 

 The supply of silage ran short, so the average daily allowance was 

 decreased to 10.91 pounds per head during the last 12 days, and 11.09 

 pounds of cottonseed hulls per head were substituted, while the cot- 

 tonseed meal averaged 8.68 pounds per head. The average daily 

 ration per head for the 96 days was 7.41 pounds of cottonseed meal 

 and 40.36 pounds of corn silage. 



