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profits on each calf were increased to $4.97 in, lot 2 and to $4.78 
in lot 3. 
When the combined profits on the hogs and the calves in lots 2 
and 3 are considered, it is seen that they are still smaller than the 
profits realized on the calves of lot 1, where cottonseed meal was the 
sole concentrate. 
SUMMARY STATEMENTS. 
1. The objects of this test were (1), to learn whether a farmer 
profitably can raise and fatten calves for the market by the time they 
are a year old, and, (2), to make a comparison of southern feeds and 
combinations of feeds which may be used for fattening calves during 
the winter months. 
2. The calves were all high-grade animals, being far better than 
the average of the State. When the feeding test began, November 
17, 1911, they averaged 376 pounds in weight and were from 6 to 8 
months of age. 
3. The 47 calves were divided into three lots and fed from Novem- 
ber 17, 1911, to March 3, 1912, on the following feeds: 
Lot 1. Cottonseed meal; cottonseed hulls ; mixed alfalfa hay. 
Lot 2. Cottonseed meal, two-thirds ; corn-and-cob meal, one-third ; cottonseed 
hulls ; mixed alfalfa hay. 
Lot 3. Cottonseed meal, one-third; corn-and-cob meal, two-thirds; cottonseed 
hulls ; mixed alfalfa hay. 
4. For the whole period of 107 days an average daily gain of 1.94, 
1.75, and 1.59 pounds was secured in lots 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 
5. For the whole period of 107 days it cost $5.14, $5.72, and $6.43 
to make 100 pounds of increase in live weight in lots 1, 2, and 3, re- 
spectively. 
6. In the fall of 1911 the calves cost 4 cents a pound. At the end 
of the test they were sold on the farm for 5^ cents a pound. 
7. Each calf in lots 1, 2, and 3 netted a clear profit of $5.40, $4.30, 
and $4.07, respectively. Hogs followed the calves that received some 
corn and derived some benefit from the droppings. When the profits 
on the hogs, as well as on the calves, are taken into consideration, 
each calf in lots 1, 2, and 3 netted a clear profit of $5.40, $4.97, and 
$4.78, respectively. 
8. In this particular test it did not pay, therefore, to add corn-and- 
cob meal to a basal ration of cottonseed meal, cottonseed hulls, and 
alfalfa hay if both farm-grown and purchased feeds are charged at 
market prices. On farms remote from markets, where a surplus of 
roughage and corn is produced, it would have been very profitable to 
feed the corn, as the farmer would have secured market prices for his 
roughage and corn and in addition would have made a nice profit on 
his calves, without the expenditure of much money for purchased 
feeds. 
