FATTENING STEERS ON PASTURE IN THE SOUTH. 7 



Lot 3, fed pasture with cottonseed cake : 



To 36 steers, 22.000 pounds, at .$3.87 a hundredweight $852. 50 



To pasture charges, 101 days at 50 cents a head for 28 days 64. 90 



To 13.054 pounds cottonseed cake, at $28.00 a ton 182. 76 



Total expenditure 1, 100. 16 



By sale of 36 steers, 26,654 pounds, at $4.75 a hundredweight 1, 266. 06 



Total profit 165. 90 



Average profit per head 4. 61 



SUMMARY OF ALABAMA EXPERIMENT, 1912. 



1. The objects of this test were, (1) to determine whether it is 

 profitable to fatten cattle on summer pasture in Alaba,ma; (2) to 

 compare the results of fattening on pasture alone and on pasture 

 supplemented with cottonseed cake and a combination of cotton- 

 seed cake and corn chop; and (3) to compare the relative value, for 

 fattening cattle on pasture, of a combinjition of cottonseed cake and 

 corn chop with that of cottonseed cake alone. 



2. Ninety grade cattle of the beef breeds were used in three lots 

 and fed as follows: Lot 1, 29 head, pasture alone; lot 2, 25 head, 

 pasture and a mixture of one-half cottonseed cake and one-half 

 com chop ; lot 3, 36 head, pasture and cottonseed cake. 



3. Besides the pasture the average daily ration per head was 1.75 

 pounds each of cottonseed cake and corn chop for the steers of 

 lot 2, and 3.56 pounds of cottonseed cake for those of lot 3. 



4. The average daily gains per head, using the market weights as 

 the final weights, were 1.04 pounds, 1.35 pounds, and 1.28 pounds for 

 lots 1, 2, and 3, resj^ectively. 



5. To produce 100 pounds of gain it cost $1.71 for the steers of 

 lot 1, $5.14 for lot 2, and $5.32 for lot 3. 



6. The cattle of lots 2 and 3 dressed out i^ractically the same, 51.91 

 per cent and 51.62 per cent, respectively. The steers of lot 1, fed on 

 pasture alone, dressed out only 48.68 per cent. 



7. The market price received for the steers of lot 1 was 75 cents a 

 hundredweight less than for those of the other lots. The average 

 profits per head were $3.47 for lot 1, $4.69 for lot 2, and $4.61 for 

 lot 3. 



