II 
FEEDING STEERS BEET PULP, ALFALFA AND GRAINS. 
peared when on the market, three of the leading buyers in the 
yards kindly consented to place a price upon each lot. It will be 
seen in the summary table that the steers in Lot III fed upon 
pulp and hay, shrank' appreciably more in shipping than either of 
the grain fed lots. It will also be noted that the steers in Lot II 
fed upon ground corn in addition to the pulp and hay were 
valued at ten cents per hundred more than the lot fed upon bar¬ 
ley and oats with pulp and hay, and forty-five cents more per 
hundred than the lot fed pulp and hay alone. It is. only fair to 
state that the gentlemen placing a value on the steers were not 
informed as to the character of the feed given to any of the steers 
and consequently could not be even suspected of bias. 
TABLE V. 
GIVING SUMMARY OF DATA FOR THE AVERAGE OF THE STEERS 
IN EACH LOT. 
Lot I. 
Barley & 
Oats. 
Lot II 
Corn 
Lot III 
Pulp 
Weight at beginning of experiment.. 
917.60 
899.20 
905.60 
Value at 8 cents per pound.. 
$ 27.52 
$ 26.98 
$ 27.16 
Cost of feed for entire period. 
$ 21.65 
$ 20.68 
$ 10.87 
Cost of feed for 100 lbs gain... 
$ 6.53 
$ 5.93 
$ 3,79 
Cost of labor involved.. . 
$ 3.50 
$ 3.50 
$ 3.50 
Weight of finished steers at feed lot. 
1,249.30 
1,248.00 
1,189.50 
Sale weight of steers... 
1,213.60 
1,216.90 
1,149.40 
Shrinkage in shipping (lbs.). 
35.70 
31.10 
40,10 
Shrinkage in shipping, (per cent). 
2.86 
2.49 
3.71 
Selling price per hundred pounds... 
$ 5,50 
$ 5.60 
$ 5.15 
Value at selling price... 
$ 66.75 
$ 68.15 
$ 59.19 
Cost of marketing. 
$ 1.53 
$ 1.54 
$ 1.46 
Net profit. 
$ 12.55 
$15.45 
$ 16.20 
RESULTS OF SLAUGHTER TEST. 
A very thorough slaughter test was made of each lot of 
steers at the packing plant, the result of which is summarized in 
Table VI. In this data, it will be noticed that the caul fat of the 
lot of steers fed upon barley and oats was noticeably heavier than 
either of the other lots, while the lot fed upon pulp and hay had 
appreciably less of internal fat than the steers fed upon corn. 
Some data was collected as to the size and condition of the 
livers, as it was thought that this organ might indicate something 
of the physical condition of the animals in the different lots. 
From the data presented, hewever, it will be noted that there was 
no appreciable difference in either the size or condition of this or¬ 
gan in the different lots of steers. 
When taken to the cooling rooms, the dressed carcasses of 
the different steers were carefully weighed and the weight re¬ 
corded; after hanging in the cooling room for several days, the 
time vary ing somewhat with the different carcasses but no differ- 
