12 BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
WEIGHTS AND GAINS. ~ 
The following table shows the initial and final weights, the total and 
average daily gain per steer for each of the three lots: 
TaBLE 6.—Weights and gains (Nov. 26, 1915, to Apr. 15, 1916—141 days). 
Average | Average | Average | Average 
Lot . initial final total daily 
No. Ration. weight | weight gain Sain 
per steer. | per steer. | per steer. | per steer. 
Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, corn silage, and oatstraw........-.----- 824 1, 044 220 1.56 
2 | Cottonseed meal, broken-ear corn, corn silage, and oat 
SUS Witesee ete eee cess Seti ois Wane nC asec ost 824 1,059 235 1. 66 
3 | Cottonseed meal, shelled corn, corn silage, and oat straw. - 826 1, 066 240 1.70 
The gains made by the steers, while fairly uniform, were not so 
good as they should have been considering the quality of the steers 
that were used. This may have been due somewhat to the lack of 
bedding during the latter part of the experiment, and to the fact that 
the steers were kept in pens under a barn without access to open yards 
during most of the experiment. As soon as the steers were trans- 
ferred to open yards the daily gains increased. 
QUANTITY AND COST OF FEED REQUIRED TO MAKE 100 POUNDS OF 
GAIN. 
The following table shows the quantity and cost of feed required 
to make 100 pounds of gain: 
TaBLE 7.—Quantity and cost of feed required to make 100 pounds of gain (Nov. 26, 1915, 
to Apr. 15, 1916—141 days). 
Pounds I 
= ol feed Cost of 
t . o make 100 
No. _ Ration. 100 | pounds 
pounds | of gain 
of gain. 
| sCottonseedsmeals hsv y sear! can Lk, ANE eee ee ea aes Poa ee ede ents 366 
note eilaee See een ene ene eee nnn Serene nnn web bclesewe Seeds sapile 2, ae $9. 53 
Bi RMR oa peep pone bbouue Sopp ooUN oe oC Oob Set oots Opec Ub eco uno Coben O ODO OOGOddS 
INK Oey macy avsYevern lak aa ete) Meee yaece a ee ue eee Saree erly i ae ee Nh i Cage Ns PLO ae he eres EE, 181 
BrOKEM=Car COMM: 152s ara Sasser ase Stee SS reno DE aan eee 457 10.82 
@orim silage eet ae tas eee eee ee eee ee ee 2, 244 ese 
E Qa SERA Wha ae a RS rag rm spec a as a ay A ceo ce 173 
31/7 Cottonscedimeali3 22 52b OS. Sees ea ee Ec ite Se eee cee, Sateen 177 
Shelled: comme s2s2. Spies Se OEE eh Ge ge a tote ae ey ee ny 355 10.75 
Corm'silagess 52 2-6) SS -a ee Oe Yee ee ae Oe see ae eee ee 2, 260 : 
Oa tS FLAW ee ok SUS eis rasa A ets as 2 oR ge ae 205 
The steers of Lots 2 and 3, receiving broken-ear corn and shelled — 
corn, respectively, made better average daily gains, but the gains 
made by Lot 1, which received cottonseed meal only as a concentrate, | 
were made at much less cost per 100 pounds. While Lot 2, which 
received broken-ear corn, made fairly good average daily gains, the 
cost per 100 pounds gain in this lot was greater than that of the other 
two lots. 
