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BULLETIN 1318, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 4. 
-Pounds of feed required to make 100 pounds of gain in live iveight 
ivhen steers ivere fed with and without molasses 
Lot 
No. 
Feed 
1915-16 
1917-18 
Average 
without 
molasses 
1916-17 
1918-19 
Average 
with 
molasses 
1 
Pounds 
2,313 
286 
Pounds 
1,674 
170 
Pounds 
2,003 
230 
Pounds 
1,715 
258 
8 
1,990 
238 
8 
2,180 
269 
9 
Pounds 
2,460 
247 
13 
2,115 
217 
11 
2,851 
318 
16 
2,198 
220 
11 
Pounds 
2 060 
Cottonseed meal 
253 
Molasses -.. _. . 
10 
? 
1,781 
239 
2,004 
198 
1,871 
222 
2,049 
228 
9 
3 
1,954 
241 
2, 271 
226 
2,073 
235 
2,456 
289 
12 
4 
Oorgo and soybean silage .. ... 
2,435 
240 
2,435 
240 
2, 198 
220 
Molasses 
11 
5 
Corn and sorgo silage 
1,930 
240 
2,066 
255 
2,527 
42 
1,930 
240 
2,066 
255 
2, 527 
42 
Cottonseed meal 
6 
Corn, sorgo, soybean, and cowpea 
silage - . - ... 
7 
1,982 
375 
82 
2,238 
341 
11 
1,890 
313 
10 
4,738 
486 
25 
3,115 
348 
18 
3,888 
489 
25 
3,052 
418 
60 
8 
Sugar-cane silage _. 
2,629 
344 
14 
q 
2,832 
286 
2,832 
286 
2,580 
374 
Molasses - - 
15 
10 
2,794 
276 
2,794 
276 
WEIGHTS AND GAINS 
The average weights of the steers at the beginning of each experi- 
ment were very uniform. In rapidity of gains the relative position 
of the lots varied somewhat in the four winters. The lots fed corn 
and soybean silage (lot 2) made the greatest gains in weight in 
three of the four experiments. The sorgo-silage lot (lot 3) made 
very creditable gains. In 1917-18, the lot fed sorgo and soybean 
silage (lot 4) made slightly smaller gains than lot 3, but in 1918-19 
the gains were much larger and the case was reversed. The compara- 
tively small gains in live weight for lots 7, 8, and 9, fed cane-top 
silage, sugar-cane silage, and Japanese-cane silage, respectively, were 
probably due in a large measure to the low digestibility of these 
silages. The lots making the greatest gains were in sufficiently high 
condition to command the top price on the Fort Worth market when 
sold. The weights and gains are summarized in Table 5. 
