14 BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
To.d1,257, pounds oat straw, at fo perton®--- 22s). 2 2 ee $28. 14 
To 1,050 pounds Johnson grass, at $8 per ton........-.........------. 4. 20 
‘Lo treieht charsesto market-_os2-- nose See ee ea Rapa As 63. 00 
fo commission- yardage, hay, Cics.20 2 a eee ee ee 23. 85 
otal ExXPCMGIlUTes <2 8ce Fe sy Sse ae ey ea eee ee ocee, 7h, 869505 
By sale of 25 steers, 25,070 pounds, at $8.60 per hundredweight....... 2, 156. 02 
Total-net profit: sos i522) ies gatie etoig- 28 ee eee 286. 97 
Average prolitipersieer.2¥. seek. Sata 6 kee See eer ae 11. 48 
It will be noted from the foregoing statement that Lot 1 made a 
profit per steer of $15.19; Lot 2 a profit of $11.87, and Lot 3 made a 
profit of $11.48 per head. It will be remembered that lot 1 made 
lower gains than either of the other lots; Lot 2 was second in rate of 
gains; while Lot 3, which made the lowest profit, had the highest 
average daily gains. The cost of the gains made by the different lots 
is responsible, more than any other factor, for these differences. The ~ 
gains made by Lot 1, while smaller than the others, were made at so 
much less per pound ‘that a greater profit resulted. 
The two corn-fed lots brought 2 cents per 100 pounds more tee 
Lot 1, which received cottonseed meal only. This difference in sale 
price was due to one steer in Lot 1, which brought only $8 per hun- 
dredweight. 
The degree of finish and quality of the steers of all lots was about 
the same. When weighed at market there was a difference of only 
30 pounds in weight between Lots 2 and 3, they weighing 25,040 and 
25,070 pounds, respectively. The relation of the weights of the 
cattle changed very little throughout the test. 
In this experiment the steers fed on cottonseed meal showed a 
greater profit than either the lot receiving cottonseed meal and 
broken-ear corn or the lot receiving cottonseed meal and.shelled corn. 
The differences in profits were due chiefly to differences in cost of 
gains. With more expensive cottonseed meal or with cheaper corn 
the differences, of course, would have been less. 
Twenty-five shotes followed the steers of Lots 2 and 3, but as an 
outbreak of cholera occurred on the place and the shotes got out sev- 
eral times, they were disposed of, and accurate records were not se- 
cured on the amount of pork produced from the refuse corn in the 
droppings. 
Under ordinary conditions, with hogs worth 10 cents a pound, the 
pork credit for each steer for the 141-day period would undoubtedly 
have amounted to over $3 per steer. A credit of $3 per steer on Lots 2 
and 3 would have made the profits on these lots about the same as 
for Lot 1. 
Unless hogs are used to utilize the waste corn it would undoubtedly 
be less profitable to use corn for fattening steers than to use cotton- 
seed meal alone at the current prices of these feeds. 
