16 BULLETIN 761, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Lot 1 
Cottonseed mealeno) 22 ey. Pee re: oe a eee pounds... 7 
Corn: silage aie let Ale Se Aas tS SEN ee do.... 40 
OBIS trai weet CFE SME. SE ere oe og Seam dons sso 
Lot 2 
Cottonseed meal a2 oe sos cae oe a ees a eee ee pounds.. 3.5 
WATICOLN heey yak ee ie ck See ae eee Sepa eet ates doo noah 
Cormsilages sun. tase eirse eee eRe ease aia Re ctr dOz ea t36 
Oatistrawe mcerens - coc ce ace ae eee eee es eros See dss pee 
Lot 8 
Cottonseed mealies hs ceed aoe pe ee pounds.. 3.5 
Shelled commus& F8-452 5) BT Sos ON, A eS dott: 7 
Corn isilagem:: tect 3 fan 321 Ea See ee aie ee dee S38. 
Oatistra we <2 oct: Bee eke tie etd Oe ey ee EAE al Ne cage doxain  }2E4 
4. The steers of Lots 1, 2, and 3 gained 1.56, 1.66, and 1.70 pounds 
per head per day for the entire period of 141 days. The final average 
weights of the three lots were 1,044, 1,059, and 1,066 pounds, 
respectively. 
5. The cost of making 100 pounds of gain on each lot was $9.53, 
$10.82, and $10.75, when no pork credit is given the steers. ; 
6. The conditions under which the cattle were kept possibly in- 
fluenced the rate and consequently the cost of gains. 
7. Each steer in Lots 1, 2, and 3 made a net profit of $15.19, 
$11.87, and $11.48, respectively, when no credit is given the steers 
of Lots 2 and 3 for the pork produced. The pork credit probably 
amounted to about $3.00 per steer. 
8. When the pork made is credited to the steers of Lots 2 and 8, 
they paid for corn at 70 cents a bushel and then made over $14 a 
head profit, or almost as much as was made on the cottonseed meal- 
fed steers. Without hogs following the steers, the feeding of corn 
would have been considerably less profitable than feeding cotton- 
seed meal alone. 
9. The shrinkage in transit to market, a 34-hour run, average 
54, 58, and 64 pounds per head for Lots 1, 2, and 3. 
10. By market weights the steers of saat lot dressed out 58. 2, 
57.8, and 57.4 per cent of marketable meat. The carcasses were 
well covered with fat and were very satisfactory. 
11. The steers of all lots were well finished and very uniform. All 
sold for $8.60 per 100 pounds except one steer of Lot 1 which sold for 
$8 per hundredweight. 
12. This test clearly establishes the fact that the farmer having 
a surplus of corn and farm roughages can market them at a handsome 
price through steers of good quality, when properly purchased, and 
at the same time retain the fertilizing elements of the feeds on the 
farm in the form of manure. In this work it is assumed that the 
cost of labor was offset by the value of the manure produced. 
WASHINGTON ; GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1919 
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