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BULLETIN 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Each steer in Lot 1 ate 3.38 pounds each of cottonseed meal and 
ear corn and 21.84 pounds of cottonseed hulls daily during the first 
28 days. These amounts were increased until in the last period of 12 
days each steer consumed daily an average of 6.82 pounds of cotton- 
seed meal, 6 pounds of ear corn, and 25 pounds of cottonseed hulls. 
The average daily ration per head for the entire 96 days was 5.49 
pounds of cottonseed meal, 5.21 pounds of ear corn, and 24.04 pounds 
of cottonseed hulls. 
The average daily ration per head of the steers in Lot 2 was 5.17 
pounds of cottonseed meal and 21.84 pounds of cottonseed hulls for 
the first 28-day period. During the last 12 days each steer ate on the 
average 8.68 pounds of cottonseed meal and 25 pounds of cottonseed 
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hulls per day. The average daily ration per head for the 96-day fat- 
tening period was 7.41 pounds of cottonseed meal and 24.04 pounds 
of cottonseed hulls. 
The 21 steers in Lot 3 consumed an average daily ration per head 
of 5.17 pounds of cottonseed meal and 38.45 pounds of corn silage 
during the first 28 days. The quantities were increased to 8.64 pounds 
of cottonseed meal and 45 pounds of silage during the third period. 
The supply of silage ran short, so the average daily allowance was 
decreased to 10.91 pounds per head during the last 12 days, and 14.09 
pounds of cottonseed hulls per head were substituted, while the cot- 
tonseed meal averaged 8.68 pounds per head. The average daily 
ration per head for the 96 days was 7.41 pounds of cottonseed meal 
and 40.36 pounds of corn silage. 
