4. BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
meal and corn-and-cob meal. The ratio used in mixing the two feeds 
was two parts by weight of cottonseed meal and one part corn-and- 
cob meal. 
TaBLE 1.—Average daily rations by 28-day periods. 
Naan : ; Fifth | Entire 
Lot} her of Ration First | Second | Third | Fourth | period | period 
0-1! steers. : period. | period. | period. | period. qi 23 
1 25 | Cottonseed meal.......--..------ 6.8 7. 7.3 6. 62 
Hagelin: slsdo.2icies Es 39. 4 41.2 37.0 41.9 41.8 40,2 
Cowpea hay...-.--.------.------|----.---- 3.4 740 Mscooes Ibdq|[oooogocse 1.46 
2 25 Galdepreseed cottonseed cake... 8.6 10.3 10.6 10.7 11.0 10.0 
Silagesece ee eeeeee eee eee 32.2 32.5 27.6 1.2 31.5 30. 96 
Cowpeahayes-eee= see eee eee eeeeeeee 3.5 Goll Wosssancecllooocosoce 1. 48 
3 25 | Cottonseed meal.....--.----.---- 3.7 Deel 5.3 5.9 6.0 5.1 
Corn-and-cob meal....--.------- 1.8 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.55 
Silagestee-cpais- seen eee eee a 39.8 40.7 37.4 41.8 37.0 39. 54 
Cowpea ayececeeteeae Ee ceeeee ee eeeee 3.5 SG} |lsaccaacccllosscucces 1.55 
1 | 
Lot 1 was started on a ration of 2 pounds of cottonseed meal. This 
was gradually increased until at the end of the first 28-day period 
they were receiving 6 pounds. The amount of meal received by each 
steer in this lot at the end of each period thereafter was, second 
period, 6 pounds; third period, 7 pounds; fourth period, 7.3 pounds. 
During the last week of the experiment enor were recelving 7.4 
pounds. 
Lot 2 was started on a ration of 3.4 pounds of cold-pressed cake, 
which was gradually increased to 10 pounds at the end of the first 
month. They were kept on this amount until near the end of the 
fourth period, when the cake was increased to 11 pounds. 
Lot 3 was started on a ration of 1.44 pounds of cottonseed meal 
and 0.72 pound of corn-and-cob meal. This was increased to about 
4 pounds of cottonseed meal and 2 pounds of corn-and-cob meal at 
the end of the first 28-day period. During the second, third, and 
fourth periods they received an average of about 54 pounds of cotton- 
seed meal and 2? pounds of corn-and-cob. meal. At the end of the 
experiment they were receiving 6 pounds of cottonseed meal and 3 
pounds of corn-and-cob meal. 
WEIGHTS AND GAINS. 
The following table shows the initial and final weights and the total 
and average gains for each of the lots. 
TaBLE 2.— Weights and gains (Dec. 1, 1914, to Apr. 3, 1915—123 days).: 
Average | Average | Average | Average 
Lot initial final total daily 
No. Ration: weight | weight | gain per | gain per 
per steer.| per steer.| steer. steer. 
Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, silage, and cowpea hay....-.----------- 863 1,114 251 2. 04 
2 | Cold-pressed. cake, silage, and cowpea hay........-.----- 860 1,108 248 2.01 
3 | Two-thirds cottonseed meal, Sue thien, corn-and-cob 
meal, silage, and cowpea hay SECT Goa c Soe Green ease 865 1,117 252 2.05 
