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BULLETIN 628, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 
Table 24. — Quantity and cost 1 of feeds required to produce 100 pounds of gain, 
19H-15. 
Lot 
No. 
Number Days 
of steers, fed. 
Ration. 
Quantity 
of feed 
required 
for 100 
pounds 
gain. 
Cost of 
feed for 100 
pounds 
gain. 
i 
10 96 
10 96 
21 96 
26 111 
Cottonseed meal 
340 
322 
1,489 
523 
1,687 
357 
2, 055 
442 
1,409 
1 
\ 12 96 
Cottonseed hulls 
? 
} 11.21 
} 7.60 
} 9.40 
3 
4 
1 Prices of feed used:- 
Cottonseed meal S25.00 per ton. 
Cottonseed hulls 5.50 per ton. 
Corn silage 3.00 per ton. 
Ear corn .• 1.00 per bushel. 
This table reveals some interesting figures on the efficiency of the 
feeds used. Comparing Lots 1 and 2 it can be seen that the 322 
pounds of corn fed to Lot 1 produced as much gain as 183 pounds 
of cottonseed meal and 198 pounds of cottonseed hulls. As the cost 
of these gains are shown in the last column to be $12.96 and $11.21 
for Lots 1 and. 2, respectively, it is evident that it would have been 
more economical to omit the corn. 
The cattle in Lot 3 required only 357 pounds of cottonseed meal 
and 2,055 pounds of corn silage, costing $7.60 to produce 100 pounds 
of gain. The efficiency of this ration and its low cost are the most 
striking facts illustrated in the table. 
The smaller steers of Lot 4 made larger gains on the cottonseed 
meal and cottonseed hull rations than did the steers in Lot 2. This 
accounts for the smaller quantities of feed, and consequently smaller 
cost to produce 100 pounds of gain. 
It will be noticed that the gains on all the cattle were produced 
much cheaper than in 1913-14. This was clue chiefly to the lower cost 
of the cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls for 1914-15, and the 
fact that expensive hay was not used in the rations. 
SHIPPING AND SLAUGHTER DATA. 
Table 25 shows the average final farm weight per head, the market 
weight, the shrinkage in transit, the average weights of carcasses, 
and the dressing percentages. 
