FATTENING STEERS ON" PASTURE IN THE SOUTH. 11 



Lot 2, fed pasture and half cottonseed cake and half corn-and-cob meal : 



To 25 steers, 14,705 pounds, at .$5.25 a hundredweight $772. 01 



To 6,611 pounds cottonseed cake at $27.50 a ton 90. 90 



To 8,637 pounds ear corn at 70 cents a bushel 86. 37 



To pasture charges at 50 cents a head for 2S days 65. 63 



Total expenditure 1, 014. 91 



By sale of 25 steers, 20,361 pounds, at $6 a hundredweight 1, 221. 66 



Total profit 206. 75 



Average profit per head 8. 27 



Lot 3, fed pasture and cottonseed cake : 



To 26 steers, 15,418 pounds, at $5.25 a hundredweight 809.44 



To 14,171 pounds cottonseed cake at $27.50 a ton 194. 85 



To pasture charges at 50 cents a head for 28 days 68.25 



Total expenditure 1,072. 54 



By sale of 26 steers, 22,741 pounds, at $6 a hundredweight 1, 364. 46 



Total profit 291. 92 



Average profit per head 11. 23 



SUMMARY OF ALABAMA EXPERIMENT, 1913. 



1. The objects and general plan for the test were similar to those 

 for the previous year. The 3 lots were on feed 147 days. 



2. The steers used were 2 and 3 year old grades, 77 head in all, 

 carrying a large percentage of the blood of beef breeds. They were 

 divided and fed as follows: Lot 1, 26 head, pasture only; lot 2, 25 

 head, pasture and one-half cottonseed cake and one-half corn-and- 

 cob meal ; lot 3, 26 head, pasture and cottonseed cake. 



3. The average daily ration of concentrates was 3.55 pounds of 

 the half-and-half mixture of cottonseed cake and corn-and-cob meal 

 per head for the steers of lot 2, and 3.70 pounds of cottonseed cake 

 for those of lot 3. 



4. The average daily gains were 1.63 pounds a head for the 

 steers of lot 1, 1.71 pounds for lot 2, and 2.10 pounds for lot 3. 



5. The cost of feed and pasture to produce 100 pounds of gain was 

 $1.09, $3.51, and $3.27 for lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 



6. The finished cattle of lots 2 and 3, which were fed supplements 

 in addition to the pasture, sold for $1 a hundredweight more than 

 those of lot 1. 



7. The cake-fed steers returned a profit of $11.23 a head, the cake- 

 and-corn-fed steers $8.27 a head, and those pastured without other 

 feed made a profit of $6.60 a head. 



