16 BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Lot 1 
Cottonseed meal_- 222-2 eee: eee eee eee pounds.. 7 
Gornisilage)i5-GibL_5) 27 Aa: | 2k fat. SAREE ELA do.... 40 
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Lot 2 
Cottonseed meal cnc. =e ee eer er ere rea pounds.. 3.5 
Bar COTES ose ai 1 See eee Se ere rer epee doc 2,587) 
Comm silage ts. 2 Saal eR At eines Pete 8 Pe dou 236 
OabisiTa Wine! ee: - seep oe ae ea eRe ee ake do. Beyaz 
Lot 3 
Cottonseedimeal +3). Jo) eee ee eee eee ee pounds.. 3.5 
Shelled corm: . 2.2 4sS5: Sas. eee ee ee eee do... 7 
Corn) silage..2: 22.) .... e822. een eee ee ene eee pee do.... 38.5 
Oot sttawes- =. 22 4. Lek Ss ae ce tae Gee eee eee eens do! 22 teacae 
4. The steers of Lots 1, 2, and 3 gained 1.56, 1.66, and 1.70 pounds 
per head per day for the entire period of 141 days.. The final average 
weights of the three lots were 1,044, 1,059, and 1,066 pounds, 
respectively. 
5. The cost of making 100 pounds of gain on each lot was $9.53, 
$10.82, and $10.75, when no pork credit is given the steers. 
6. The conditions under which the cattle were kept. possibly in- 
fluenced the rate and consequently the cost of gains. 
7. Each steer in Lots 1, 2, and 3 made a net profit of $15.19, 
$11.87, and $11.48, respectively, when no credit is given the steers 
of Lots 2 and 3 for the pork produced. The pork credit probably 
amounted to about $3.00 per steer. 
8. When the pork made is credited to the steers of Lots 2 and 3, 
they paid for corn at 70 cents a bushel and then made over $14 a 
head profit, or almost as much as was made on the cottonseed meal- 
fed steers. Without hogs following the steers, the feeding of corn 
would have been considerably less profitable than feeding cotton- 
seed meal alone. 
9. The shrinkage in transit to market, a 34-hour run, average 
54, 58, and 64 pounds per head for Lots 1, 2, and 3. 
10. By market weights the steers of each lot dressed out 58.2, 
57.8, and 57.4 per cent of marketable meat. The carcasses were 
well covered with fat and were very satisfactory. 
11. The steers of all lots were well finished and very uniform. All 
sold for $8.60 per 100 pounds except one steer of Lot 1 which sold for 
$8 per hundredweight. 
12. This test clearly establishes the fact ann the farmer having 
a surplus of corn and farm roughages can market them at a handsome 
price through steers of good quality, when properly purchased, and 
at the same time retain the fertilizing elements of the feeds on the 
farm in the form of manure. In this work it is assumed that the 
cost of labor was offset by the value of the manure produced. 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICH ; 1919 
