V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS OF THE FOUR YEARS' 
WORK. 
SUMMARY OF RESULTS. 
Table 16 shows in condensed form the chief features and results 
of the four years' work and permits an easy study and comparison 
of the figures ; 
Table 16. — Summary table of four years' steer feeding. 
Group l. 
Number of steers 
Number of days fed 
Average daily gain per head pounds 
Average cost of feed per 100 pounds gain. , 
Average selling margin 
Average profit per head 
Lot 1. — Cottonseed 
meal and cotton- 
seed hulls. 
1913-14 1914-15 
20 
84 
2.48 
$8.88 
$1.50 
$5.99 
25 
143 
1.38 
$10. 70 
$1.68 
-$1.62 
Lot 2.— Cottonseed 
meal and corn 
silage. 
1913-14 1914-15 
20 
84 
2.51 
$6.19 
$1.50 
$11. 74 
26 
143 
1.15 
$11.26 
$1.78 
$2.27 
Lot 3. — Cottonseed 
meal, cottonseed 
hulls, and corn 
1913-14 1914-15 
20 
84 
2.58 
$7.89 
$1.50 
$7.69 
26 
143 
1.67 
$8.90 
$1.83 
$2.13 
Group II. 
Lot 1. — Cottonseed 
meal and sor- 
ghum silage. 
Lot 2. — Cottonseed 
meal, sorghum 
silage, and corn 
stover. 
Lot 3. — Cottonseed 
meal, sorghum 
silage, and oat 
straw. 
Lot 4. — Cottonseed 
cake, cowpea hay, 
oat straw, and 
corn stover. 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1915-16 
1916-17 
20 
127 
2.14 
$7.52 
$3.45 
$16. 71 
20 
120 
1.85 
$8.49 
$5.33 
$39.10 
20 
127 
1.95 
$8.26 
$3.45 
$14. 73 
20 
120 
1.89 
$8.18 
$5.43 
$40. 51 
20 
127 
1.89 
$8.47 
$3.45 
$14. 80 
20 
120 
1.82 
$8.42 
$5.21 
$36.08 
20 
127 
1.59 
$11. 16 
$3.17 
$6.46 
Number of days fed . . 
Average daily gain 
per head, .pounds. . 
Average cost of feed 
per 100-pound gain . 
Average selling mar- 
Average profit per 
1 Minus sign shows a loss. 
FIRST TWO WINTERS' FEEDING. 
Inspection of the data presented in the first group shows that there 
was a difference of nearly two months in the feeding period for the 
two years and that the average daily gains were much greater for 
the steers fed only 84 days. The short-fed steers received a heavier 
ration and, notwithstanding the fact the meal and hulls cost more 
per ton than they did the following year, they made gains more 
cheaply in all the lots. They also were sold on a narrow margin but 
returned much larger profits than the steers fed in the succeeding 
winter. 
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