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calves also sold somewhat higher because they were fatter; but 
though prime calves could not be made when cottonseed meal was fed 
as the sole concentrate, it was usually more economical and more 
profitable to feed cottonseed meal alone than to feed a combination 
of cottonseed meal and corn or a ration of corn alone. This is owing 
to the comparative cheapness of cottonseed meal with corn when the 
feeding value of the two concentrates is considered. As long as cot- 
tonseed meal remains cheap and corn relatively high in price the re- 
sults probably will be the same. There are some exceptions to this, 
however. On farms where considerable corn is raised and can be 
marketed only at considerable expense, the farmer can get a good 
price for the corn by feeding it to his calves and hogs. The higher 
the quality of the calves the less danger of loss there is in feeding 
more expensive corn. Calves of high quality usually pay better re- 
turns for the feed consumed than scrub calves. 
When corn was fed liberally the calves invariably finished out bet- 
ter than the cottonseed-meal-fed calves and usually made larger daily 
gains. They usually sold for somewhat more per hundredweight and 
killed out a higher percentage of dressed meat. 
Although prime calves could not be made by feeding cottonseed 
meal as the sole concentrate, the calves became fat enough and made 
gains cheap enough to sell well and return a good profit year after 
year. While cottonseed meal continues relatively cheap, good profits 
can be made by feeding it to fattening calves. 
Corn silage proved a much more satisfactory roughage for fatten- 
ing calves than cottonseed hulls. 
The calves made a profit every year when feeds were charged in 
at cost; but in some cases the profit was small, as the value of the 
manure has not been considered in writing up these tests. 
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS FOR THE FIVE YEARS' CALF FEEDING. 
The calf-feeding work reported in this bulletin covers a period of 
five years. The calves used in all of the experiments were very simi- 
lar in age, size, breeding, and quality. Those fed during the first 
four years of the experimental work reported in this bulletin were 
fed in a very similar manner, as the general conditions under which 
the feeding was done were very similar. The calves averaged from 
six to eight months of age in the fall when they were put on feed. 
In all five years' work there has been a comparison of the value of 
cottonseed meal and a combination of cottonseed meal and corn for 
fattening calves for the market. In some cases the corn was fed as 
corn-and-cob meal, in others as corn chop, and in still others as 
shelled corn, but the comparison of cottonseed meal and corn has 
remained throughout. 
