COMPARISON OF CONCENTRATES FOR FATTENING STEERS. "7 
$1 greater, which reduced the profit per steer. The financial out- 
come of the feeding test was satisfactory, as the farm-grown feeds 
were marketed by means of the steers at a good price, a large amount 
of manure was produced for the farm, and in addition an average 
cash profit of more than $5 per steer was realized. 
SLAUGHTER DATA. 
The following table shows the shipping and slaughter data for 
each of the three lots: 
TaBLE 4.—Slaughter data. 
Per cent dressed. 
Average |Average |Average 
Lot Ration farm | market | shrink- Average, 
No. : weight | weight | agein ae Bi taem By 
per steer.|per steer.| transit. F ee his, | market 
Sats weights. 
| Pownds.| Pounds.| Pounds.| Pounds.| Per cent.|Per cent. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, silage, and cowpea hay..} 1,092 1,024 68 6 55. 67 59. 37 
2 | Cold-pressed cake, silage, and cowpea hay. 1,092 1,020 72 603 55. 22 59. 12 
3 | 2 cottonseed meal, 4 corn-and-cob meal, 
silage, and cowpea hay...........-..... 1,101 1,029 72 600 54. 40 58. 79 
The shrinkage of the steers of all lots was very uniform and was 
considered about normal for that distance and time in transit. The 
dressing percentages were exceedingly satisfactory and show clearly 
that the steers of all lots were well finished. The carcasses were very 
desirable, showing a good covering of fat and a nice marbling of the 
meat. 
SUMMARY OF THE EXPERIMENT. 
1. The object of this experiment was to make a comparison of the 
feeding value of cottonseed meal, cold-pressed cottonseed cake, and 
a combination of cottonseed meal and corn-and-cob meal for fatten- 
ing steers. As this was a study of the feeding value of various con- 
centrates, the same kinds of roughage were fed to all three lots. 
2. The 75 steers used were grade steers of medium-to-good quality, 
raised in Mississippi, 2 to 3 years of age, and averaging 860 pounds at 
the beginning of the experiment. 
3. Each lot contained 25 head of steers evenly divided. When on 
full feed each steer was eating the following ration: 
hotles Cottonseedemen er on ums criee a ee wets Satins avats rah ie 7.4 pounds. 
Cont sil ae hig Senden fem iy Benue saree cub frat here Us Ry ys Sesh bi Nok 41.8 pounds. 
hot2) Cold-pressed’ cottonseediicake 221425. 2 ae de kd 11.0 pounds. 
Cormmotlage spasm). 5 vow a ee ore tas tA Tu ed 31.5 pounds. 
HOtio COGhIMSCeC MMe aly imme oie eNO Ua sea 6.0 pounds. 
ComiadnGd-CODs Medan Myhs mera Se sec ee oan RL 3.0 pounds. 
WOT HSE OC ren ee rere Reais Sn Oe Fa ciate hae eas craigs Coo 3 37.0 pounds. 
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