BEEF CATTLE IN" NORTH CAROLINA. 
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Each of the 26 steers of Lot 4 was fed an average of 4.61 pounds 
of cottonseed meal and 18.66 pounds of cottonseed hulls per day 
during the first 28-day period. These amounts were increased to 7 
pounds of cottonseed meal and 20 pounds of cottonseed hulls for the 
fourth period of 27 days. The average daily ration per head for the 
entire period of 111 days was 6.25 pounds of cottonseed meal and 
19.92 pounds of cottonseed hulls. 
Table 23 gives the average initial and final weights per head, the 
total gains, and the average daily gain per steer. 
Table 23. — Total and daily gains, 1914-15. 
Lot 
No. 
Number 
of steers. 
Days 
fed. 
Ration. 
Average 
initial 
weight per 
steer. 
Average 
final 
weight per 
steer. 
Average 
total 
gain per 
steer. 
Average 
daily 
gain per 
steer. 
1 
10 
10 
21 
26 
96 
96 
96 
111 
Cottonseed meal, ear corn, and 
cottonseed hulls 
Pounds. 
941 
967 
911 
736 
Pounds. 
1,096 
1,103 
1,110 
893 
Pounds. 
155 
136 
199 
157 
Pounds. 
1.61 
2 
Cottonseed meal and cottonseed 
hulls 
1.42 
3 
4 
Cottonseed meal and corn silage. . . 
Cottonseed meal and cottonseed 
hulls 
2.07 
1.43 
It will be seen that the average total gain per head for the steers 
in Lots 1 and 2 was 155 pounds and 136 pounds, respectively, which 
was equivalent to 1.61 pounds and 1.42 pounds per head daily. Com- 
paring the results with those of the 1913-14 tests, it is seen that the 
addition of corn to the ration produced larger gains in both tests. 
The steers in Lot 3 made an average daily gain per head of 2.07 
pounds, or a total gain of 199 pounds for the 96 days, which is the 
best showing of any of the cattle. This shows rather forcibly the 
great value of corn silage in a fattening ration for steers, and, as will 
be seen later, these gains were the most economical. 
The smaller steers of Lot 4, which were fed the same ration as 
those in Lot 2, made practically the same average daily gains, but 
over a longer period, gaining 157 pounds per head in the 111 days. 
QUANTITIES AND COST OF FEEDS TO PRODUCE 100 POUNDS GAIN. 
Table 24 shows the amount of feed that was required to produce 
100 pounds of gain on the steers of the four lots, and the cost of this 
feed in each case. 
