FATTENING STEERS ON PASTURE IN THE SOUTH. 15 



Lot 2, fed pasture and cottonseed cake : 



To 20 steers, 13,551 pounds, at $5 a hundredweight $677.55 



To pasture, 107 days at 50 cents per steer per 28 days : 38. 20 



To cottonseed cake, 7,380 pounds, at $29.60 a ton 109. 22 



To freight, commission, yardage, etc 57. 92 



Total cost 882. 89 



By sale of 20 steers, 16,930 pounds, at $6.35 a hundredweight 1, 075. 05 



Total profit 192. 16 



Average profit per steer 9. 61 



As in the work of 1912 and 1913, the cost of gains was much higher 

 for the steers which received cake in addition to their pasture, but the 

 higher finish which the cake-fed steers took on, and the consequent 

 higher selling price, more than compensated for the increased cost 

 of feeding the cake, as the profits show. The increased value of the 

 manure from the cake-fed steers also should be taken into considera- 

 tion. 



SUMMARY OF THE EXPERIMENT. 



1. The objects of this test were to continue the study of fattening 

 mature steers on pasture in the South, including the use of cottonseed 

 cake with pasture. 



2. The cattle used were ordinary native cattle of mixed breeding. 

 There were 40 head, which were divided into 2 lots equal in quality 

 and weight and fed as follows: Lot 1, 20 head, pasture alone; lot 2, 

 20 head, pasture and cottonseed cake. The steers were put on pasture 

 May 20 and fed until September 5, or 107 days in all. 



3. The steers of lot 2 ate an average daily feed of 3.65 pounds of 

 cottonseed cake. 



4. Lot 1 made an average daily gain of 1.68 pounds per head ; lot 2 

 gained 2 pounds per head daily. 



5. To produce 100 pounds of gain, it cost $1.06 for the steers of lot 

 1, and $3.44 for those of lot 2. 



6. The steers of lot 1, which had no other feed than pasture, were 

 not finished, and were sold as stockers for $5.75 a hundredweight, 

 w^hile those of lot 2, which were fed cottonseed cake with the pasture, 

 sold for $6.35 a hundredweight for the block. 



7. Lot 1 made a profit of $7.19 a head, compared with $9.61 a head 

 for lot 2. 



