COMPARISON OF CONCENTRATES FOR FATTENING STEERS. 15 
SLAUGHTER DATA. 
Table 8 shows the slaughter data for each of the three lots: 
TasBLE 8.—Slaughter data. 
Per cent dressed. 
Average | Average Average 
Lot Ration farm market | Average shrinkage | weight 
No. . weight | weight in transit. of NIB By 
per steer. | per steer. carcass. farm market 
weights. | weights. 
1 | Cottonseed meal, corn | Pounds. | Pounds. | Pounds. | Per cent.| Pounds. | Per cent.| Per cent. 
silage, and oat straw... - 1,044 990 54 5.13 576 55. 2 58. 2 
2| Cottonseed meal, corn 
silage, broken-ear corn, 
and oat straw.......... 1,059 1,001 58 5. 46 579 54.7 57.8 
3 | Cottonseed meal, sheiled 
corn, corn silage, and 
Oat SWWaW.2..c2ssc--cs-5 1,067 1,003 64 6. 00 576 53.9 57.4 
The steers were driven from the farm to West Point, Miss., a 
distance of 12 miles, from which point they were shipped to St. Louis. 
Before being loaded at West Point they were given hay and water. 
They had a very good run to market and made it within the 36-hour 
limit. 
The steers of Lot 1, which were fattened on cottonseed meal, 
showed the least shrinkage in transit from farm to market. They 
shrank 54 pounds per head; the other two lots shrank 58 and 64 
pounds, respectively. -This was very satisfactory, being only a 
medium shrinkage for a 12-mile drive and a long run to market. 
The carcass weights for the three lots were almost identical, and 
there was very little difference between the dressing percentages of 
the different lots. The carcasses of the steers of all lots were nice, 
being well covered with fat. The uniformity of the shrinkage in 
transit and of the dressing percentages of the steers is rather unusual 
and shows that there was little difference between the various lots 
as regards quality and finish. 
SUMMARY OF THE EXPERIMENT. 
1. The object of this experiment was to study the relative feeding 
value of (@) cottonseed meal alone, (6) a combination of one-third 
cottonseed meal and two-thirds broken-ear corn, and (c) one-third 
cottonseed meal and two-thirds shelled corn as the concentrates used 
for fattening steers for the market. 
2. The steers were grades of the beef breeds of medium to good 
quality, raised in Mississippi, and averaging about 825 pounds at 
the beginning of the experiment. They were 2 and 3 year olds. 
3. The steers were divided into three lots of 25 head each, and fed 
for 141 days. When on full feed they were fed the following rations 
daily: 
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