COMPARISON OF ROUGHAGES FOR FATTENING STEERS. 
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which is contrary to the results for the previous winter. In each 
test, however, the difference was so small as to be almost negligible. 
The steers of Lot 3, which were given oat straw, again made the 
poorest showing. Considering the type of steers used and the amount 
of feed consumed, the gains were quite satisfactory. 
QUANTITY AND COST OF FEED REQUIRED TO MAKE 
100 POUNDS OF GAIN. 
The quantity and cost of feeds required to produce 100 pounds of 
gain in the case of each lot of steers are shown in Table 14. 
Table 14. — Quantity and cost of feed required to make 100 pounds' of gain 
(Nov. 24, 1916, to Mar. 23, 1917—120 days). 
Lot 
No. 
Ration. 
Pounds 
of feed to 
make 100 
pounds 
gain. 
Cost of 
feed lor 
100 
gain. 
299 
2,372 
292 . 
1,981 
155 
305 
2,057 
121 
} $8. 49 
1 
\Silage 
(Cottonseed meal 
^ 
2 
■1 Silage 
I 8.18 
1 
3 
\ Silage 
[ 8.42 
In this feeding trial the use of stover and straw to supplement the 
silage served to lower slightly the cost of gains by reducing the silage 
required for the same amount of gain. With the steers of Lot 2 less 
cottonseed meal was needed to produce 100 pounds of gain than was 
required when silage was the sole roughage received. However, there 
are no outstanding variations in these figures. 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 
The cost of the steers in the fall, the cost of feeds to fatten them, 
the charges for marketing, the gross receipts, and the profits are 
shown for each lot in the following statement : 
Financial statement. 
Lot 1, cottonseed meal and sorghum silage : 
To 20 steers, 17,115 pounds, at $5.56 per hundredweight $951. 59 
To 13,315 pounds cottonseed meal at $33 per ton 219. 70 
To 105,590 pounds sorghum silage, at $3 per ton 158. 39 
To freight, yardage, commission, etc 103. 31 
Total expenditure 1,432. 99 
By sale of 20 steers, 20,340 pounds, at $10.89 per hundredweight- 2, 215. 03 
Total profit 782. 04 
Average profit per steer 39. 10 
