8 BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The steers of Lot 2, which received cold-pressed cottonseed cake, 
consumed much less silage per day than the other steers, because of 
the large amount of dry matter in the grain ration. 
4, The average daily gain for each steer of Lots 1, 2, and 3, was 
2.04, 2.01, and 2.05 pounds, respectively, or practically the same for 
each lot. The greatest variation in the total gain “as 4 pounds per 
head for a feeding period of 123 days. 
5. The cost of 100 pounds of gain for Lots 1 and 2 was very uni- 
form, being $6.96 and $6.80. The cost for Lot 3 was $7.82. 
6. After paying for all feeds at market prices each steer of the 
three lots made a net profit of $5.45, $5.50, and $4.58 per head, 
respectively. 
7. Cold-pressed cottonseed cake at $16.50 per ton is as economical 
as cottonseed meal at $22.50 per ton, or 3 pounds of cottonseed meal 
proved to be equal in feeding value to 4 pounds of cold-pressed cotton- 
seed cake; as the price of these feeds advance the same proportion 
should be maintained. The cottonseed meal analyzed 40.4 per cent 
protein and the cold-pressed cottonseed cake 27.6 per cent protein. 
8. The cold-pressed cake was relished by the steers and all of them 
ate it readily from the first. 
9. It did not pay to feed a one-third ration of corn-and-cob meal 
with the cottonseed meal. 
10. There was no difference in the finish of the three lots and each 
sold for the same price, viz, $7.35 per hundred pounds. 
11. The shrinkage in transit to the St. Louis market was heavier 
than for the steers shipped from Abbott, Miss. The steers shrank 
68, 72, and 72 pounds per head, respectively, for Lots 1, 2, and 3. 
12. By market weights the steers dressed out as follows: Lot 1, 
59.4 per cent; Lot 2, 59.1 per cent; and Lot 3, 58.8 per cent; which 
indicates a uniformly high finish. 
