aby BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WEIGHTS AND GAINS. 
The following table shows the initial and final weights, the total and 
average daily gain per steer for each of the three lots: 
TaBLE 6.—Weights and gains (Nov. 26, 1915, to Apr. 15, 1916—141 days). 
Average | Average | Average | Average 
Lot . initial final total dail 
No. Ration- weight | weight gain maak 
per steer. | per steer. | per steer. | per steer. 
Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, corn silage, and oat straw.....---------- 824 1,044 220 1.56 
2 | Cottonseed meal, broken-ear corn, corn silage, and oat 
Sti Wie sacensting cee coe cee eases Shek ooere «cn Se eee 824 1,059 235 1. 66 
3 | Cottonseed meal, shelled corn, corn silage, and oat straw. - 826 1, 066 240 1.70 
The gains made by the steers, while fairly uniform, were not so 
good as they should have been considering the quality of the steers 
that were used. This may have been due somewhat to the lack of 
bedding during the latter part of the experiment, and to the fact that 
the steers were kept in pens under a barn without access to open yards 
during most of the experiment. As soon as the steers were trans- 
ferred to open yards the daily gains increased. 
QUANTITY AND COST OF FEED REQUIRED TO MAKE 100 POUNDS OF 
GAIN. 
The following table shows the quantity and cost of feed required 
to make 100 pounds of gain: 
TABLE 7.—Quantity and cost of feed required to make 100 pounds of gain ( Nov. 26, 1915, 
to Apr. 15, 1916—141 days). 
Lot . to make 100 
No. Ration. 100 | pounds 
pounds |} of gain 
of gain. 
1b Cottonseed*meal 3) 4 aise. esse ee: RE ee eee eae 366 
Corn silage.....---------: Sbacoeeossoss6ss dae ros: cua ocassnossessuodossaascoses 2,497 $9. 53 
Oatistrawi sess cee seca A SSeS eS ee eae ree 10 
D4Cottonseed meal. see aes asic SAS oo See = Soe Oe Ee Eee eer 181 
IBLOKEN-CaI GOTH =) sSciats Sica meet SS cee eer en eee 457 10.82 
Wormisila gener ac ser emsec a siecee ene eee | 3c eee eee ree ee eee ee 2,244 : 
Oatistra wis seers se eo See: Rete cis oro os BEC ER EE ee ee re 173 
SuimCottonseed mealies 4-7 S se EE sank se SE eas PA ee eee 177 
SHES COR MY ah mre eta Ne os OS Ne eae hae 355 10.75 
Cormysilage Meio oa eeeco ee led. a aan! LER ee Ee ane ee 2, 260 : 
Oatistraweerce-e-ce eee Fe ee ee aS EE aan JSeb Saad aoone sob aene Se 205 
The steers of Lots 2 and 3, receiving broken-ear corn and shelled 
corn, respectively, made better average daily gains, but the gains 
made by Lot 1, which received cottonseed meal only as a concentrate, 
were made at much less cost per 100 pounds. While Lot 2, which 
received broken-ear corn, made fairly good average daily gains, the 
cost per 100 pounds gain in this lot was greater than that of the other 
two lots. 
