52 BULLETIN 628, tf. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
4. The cost of producing 100 pounds gain in Lot 1 was $13.32 ; and 
in Lot 2. $13.92. 
5. The cattle as feeders cost $5.50 per hundredweight in the fall. 
A margin of $2.10 per hundredweight was realized when they were 
sold on the Baltimore market the following spring at $7.60 per 
hundredweight for both lots. 
6. The average profit per steer, including the value of the manure 
produced, was $6.33 and $5.44 for Lots 1 and 2. respectively. "When 
the manure was not included there was a loss of $1.67 per head in Lot 
1 and $2.56 per head in Lot 2. 
WOEK OF 1914-15. 
1. The cattle used in Lots 1, 2, and 3 were good grade native 2 
and 3 year old steers. Those composing Lot 4 were native grades 
averaging a little short of 2 years old and were classed as plain 
steers. 
2. The steers were divided into four lots and fed as follows : 
Lot 1, 10 steers, fed cottonseed meal, ear corn, and cottonseed hulls. 
Lot 2, 10 steers, fed cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls. 
Lot 3, 21 steers, fed cottonseed meal and corn silage. 
Lot 4, 26 steers, fed cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls. 
3. At the beginning of the experiment the average weights per 
head were: Lot 1, 941 pounds; Lot 2, 967 pounds: Lot 3, 911 pounds: 
and Lot 4,736 pounds. After feeding 96 days the final weights for 
the steers average 1,096 pounds, 1,103 pounds and 1,110 pounds, respec- 
tively, for Lots 1, 2, and 3. These steers in Lot 4 were fed 111 days and 
weighed 893 pounds per head at the conclusion of the experiment. 
Thus the total gains per head were 155 pounds for Lot 1, 135 pounds 
for Lot 2, 199 pounds for Lot 3, and 157 pounds for Lot 4, making an 
average daily gain per head of 1.61 pounds, 1.42 pounds, 2.07 pounds, 
and 1.43 pounds for Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively. 
4. It cost $12.96 to produce 100 pounds of gain in Lot 1 : in Lot 2. 
$11.21 : in Lot 3, $7.60 ; and in Lot 4, $9.40. 
5. The cattle in Lots 1, 2, and 3 cost $6.75 per hundredweight in 
the fall as feeders, and all sold for $7.75 per hundredweight at Rich- 
mond the following spring. The steers in Lot 4 cost $6 per hundred- 
weight in the fall and sold for $7 per hundredweight on the local 
market. 
6. After crediting the steers with the manure produced, the aver- 
age profit per head was as follows: Lot 1, $5.17; Lot 2. $9.48: Lot 3, 
$13.33: and Lot 4, $11.63. When the manure is excluded there was 
a loss on Lot 1 of $2.83 per head, a profit on Lot 2 of $1.48 per head, 
a profit on Lot 3 of $5.33 per head ; and a profit on Lot 4 of $3.63 per 
head. 
