V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE FOUR YEARS’ 
WORK. 
SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
Table 16 shows in condensed form the chief features and results 
of the four years’ work and permits an easy study and comparison 
of the figures: 
TABLE 16.—Summary table of four years’ steer feeding. 
Lot1.—Cottonseed | Lot 2.—Cottonseed qo sn ove asend 
mealandcotton- | meal and corn nalts By ee 
Group 1. seed hulls. Silage. silage. 
1913-14 1914-15 | 1913-14 1914-15 | 1913-14 | 1914-15 
MRENEMGUSLCPES S228 io. vice Soe scecmawee 20 25 20 26 20 26 
Mimmibeno1days feds. 5. Le let ae ee oo. 84 143 84 143 84 143 
Average daily gain per head... -. pounds. . 2. 48 1.38 2. 51 1.15 2. 58 1. 67 
Average cost of feed per 100 pounds gain... $8. 88 $10. 70 $6. 19 $11. 26 $7. 89 $8. 90 
Average selling margin....-....-.-.------- $1. 50 $1. 68 $1. 50 $1. 78 $1. 50 $1. 83 
Average profit per head..-..........---.-- $5. 99 | 1 —$1. 62 $11. 74 $2. 27 $7. 69 $2. 13 
Rpt ie @artonsced Lot 2.—Cottonseed | Lot3.—Cottonseed | Lot 4.—Cottonseed 
2 meal, sorghum meal, sorghum cake, cowpea hay 
me ane SOF silage, and corn | silage, and oat| oat straw, and 
Group II. 8 ee stover. straw. corn stover. 
1915-16 | 1916-17 | 1915-16 | 1916-17 | 1915-16 | 1916-17 | 1915-16 | 1916-17 
Number of steers fed. 20 20 20 20 20 20 207\55 ae 
Number of days fed - - 127 120 127 120 127 120 ATEN 2 Mee eye 
Average daily gain 
per head..pounds. - 2. 14 1. 85 1. 95 1.89 1.89 1. 82 P59) |eoeeesueye 
Average cost of feed 
per 100-pound gain . $7. 52 $8. 49 $8. 26 $8. 18 $8. 47 $8. 42 CHO |S cogeeas 
Average selling mar- 
Se eae See $3. 45 $5. 33 $3. 45 $5. 43 $3. 45 $5. 21 Poe Lesa ae 
C274 eae Soe $16. 71 $39. 10 $14. 73 $40. 51 $14. 80 $36. 08 $6.46) eee cee ee 
iMinus sign shows a loss, 
FIRST TWO WINTERS’ FEEDING. 
Inspection of the data presented in the first group shows that there 
was a difference of nearly two months in the feeding period for the 
two years and that the average daily gains were much greater for 
the steers fed only 84 days. The short-fed steers received a heavier 
ration and, notwithstanding the fact the meal and hulls cost more 
per ton than they did the following year, they made gains more 
cheaply in all the lots. They also were sold on a narrow margin but 
returned much larger profits than the steers fed in the succeeding 
winter. 
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