+ BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
meal and corn-and-cob meal. The ratio used in mixing the two feeds 
was two parts by weight of cottonseed meal and one part corn-and- 
cob meal. | 
. TaBLe 1.—Average daily rations by 28-day periods. 
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| Num- ee 
Lot 2 es First | { 
No. | = Ration. period. | period 
Pounds.| - ‘ = 
1 25 Cottonseed meal. sono 2 5.0 6.8 7.4 7. : 
ate ote wsc SS hee ee 39.4 41.2 37.0 41.9 49.2 
peas Lin) See See eee = s2vsteete 3.4 AT @S Cemee ens SPs e 1.46 
2 2 | | Cold-pressed cottonseed cake. $6 10.3 10.6 10. 10.0 
$s So geee costes sats sestescess 32.2 | 32.5 | 27.6 3L. 30. 96 
Cuwcahay =. VE Ee cy et poe a5 ib cane eae eee L4s 
3 23 | Cottonseed meal __-_----.-.-.--.| 3.7 | iP) Fie : 5.1 
| Corm-and-cob meal. -_-._.._.-__.- Ls} Ze 2.6 3- 2.55 
ee ees ee ees 39.8 40.7 37.4 | 4 39.54 
Gules hay 2-22 2-5-2 eee 3-5 a ee 1.58 
Lot 1 was started on aration of 2 pounds of cottonseed meal. This 
was gradually increased until at the end of the first 28-day period 
they were receiving 6 pounds. The amount of meal received by each 
steer in this lot at the end of each period thereafter was, second 
period, 6 pounds; third period, 7 pounds; fourth period, 7.3 pounds. 
During the last week of the experiment they were receiving 7.4 
pounds. 
Lot 2 was started on a ration of 3.4 pounds of cold-pressed cake, 
which was gradually increased to 10 pounds at the end of the first 
month. They were kept on this amount until near the end of the 
fourth period, when the cake was increased to 11 pounds. 
Lot 3 was started on a ration of 1.44 pounds of cottonseed meal 
and 0.72 pound of corn-and-cob meal. This was increased to about 
4 pounds of cottonseed meal and 2 pounds of corn-and-cob meal at 
the end of the first 28-day period. During the second, third, and 
fourth periods they received an average of about 54 pounds of cotton- : 
seed meal and 2? pounds of corn-and-cob meal. At the end of the 
experiment they were receiving 6 pounds of cottenseed meal and 3 
pounds of corn-and-cob meal. 
WEIGHTS AND GAINS. 
The following table shows the initial and final weights and the total 
and average gains for each of the lots. 
TaBLe 2—Weighis and gains (Dec. 1, 1914, to Apr. 3, 1915—123 days). 
Average | eee | Average Average 
No. he weicht weight gain per 
a Steer. | | Bee sieer.| ~ steer. steer. 
| eer | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, silage, and cowpea hay-..-------------- S63 | 3,114 | 251 2.04 
2 | Cold-pressed cake, silage, and cowpea hay -_...---------- 860 | 1,108 | 248 2.01 
3 | Two-thirds cottonseed meal, one-third corn-and-cob 
meal, silage, and cowpea hay Me ae ee aes Se ES 865 1a 252 2.05 
