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profits on each calf were increased to $4.97 in, lot 2 and to $4.78 

 in lot 3. 



When the combined profits on the hogs and the calves in lots 2 

 and 3 are considered, it is seen that they are still smaller than the 

 profits realized on the calves of lot 1, where cottonseed meal was the 

 sole concentrate. 



SUMMARY STATEMENTS. 



1. The objects of this test were (1), to learn whether a farmer 

 profitably can raise and fatten calves for the market by the time they 

 are a year old, and, (2), to make a comparison of southern feeds and 

 combinations of feeds which may be used for fattening calves during 

 the winter months. 



2. The calves were all high-grade animals, being far better than 

 the average of the State. When the feeding test began, November 

 17, 1911, they averaged 376 pounds in weight and were from 6 to 8 

 months of age. 



3. The 47 calves were divided into three lots and fed from Novem- 

 ber 17, 1911, to March 3, 1912, on the following feeds : 



Lot 1. Cottonseed meal ; cottonseed hulls ; mixed alfalfa hay. 



Lot 2. Cottonseed meal, two-thirds ; corn-and-cob meal, one-third ; cottonseed 

 hulls ; mixed alfalfa hay. 



Lot 3. Cottonseed meal, one-third; corn-and-cob meal, two-thirds; cottonseed 

 hulls ; mixed alfalfa hay. 



4. For the whole period of 107 days an average daily gain of 1.94, 

 1.75, and 1.59 pounds was secured in lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 



5. For the whole period of 107 days it cost $5.14, $5.72, and $6.43 

 to make 100 pounds of increase in live weight in lots 1, 2, and 3, re- 

 spectively. 



6. In the fall of 1911 the calves cost 4 cents a pound. At the end 

 of the test they were sold on the farm for 5^ cents a pound. 



7. Each calf in lots 1, 2, and 3 netted a clear profit of $5.40, $4.30, 

 and $4.07, respectively. Hogs followed the calves that received some 

 corn and derived some benefit from the droppings. When the profits 

 on the hogs, as well as on the calves, are taken into consideration, 

 each calf in lots 1, 2, and 3 netted a clear profit of $5.40, $4.97, and 

 $4.78, respectively. 



8. In this particular test it did not pay, therefore, to add corn-and- 

 cob meal to a basal ration of cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, and 

 alfalfa hay if both farm-grown and purchased feeds are charged at 

 market prices. On farms remote from markets, where a surplus of 

 roughage and corn is produced, it would have been very profitable to 

 feed the corn, as the farmer would have secured market prices for his 

 roughage and corn and in addition would have made a nice profit on 

 his calves, without the expenditure of much money for purchased 

 feeds. 



