GOVERNMENT TESTS PROVE VALUE 
SOYBEAN OIL MEAL 
U. S. Department of Agriculture in its exhibit 
at the International Live Stock Show, Chicago, 
December, 1935, displayed a poster reading—“As 
a concentrate and supplement Soybean Oil Meal 
excels or equals Linseed Oil Meal and Cottonseed 
Meal as a source of Protein and Digestible Nu¬ 
trients. ’ ’ 
This is a significant statement and confirms 
the many recent experiments conducted by sev¬ 
eral leading Agricultural Colleges. 
University of Illinois reports the digestible 
crude protein of Soybean Oil Meal is equal to lin¬ 
seed oil meal, and in quality of protein it is su¬ 
perior, containing more amino acids, which are 
necessary for growth. 
BEEF CATTLE 
ILLINOIS 
Project 268—Illinois University, Urbana, Illinois. 
Figuring cottonseed oil meal at $25.00 and soy¬ 
bean oil meal at $32.00 per ton, Illinois found that 
the return per bushel of corn fed 435 lb. calves for 
220 days was $.82 for the cottonseed oil meal ration 
and $.83 per bushel of corn fed for the soybean oil 
meal ration. A small amount of limestone was fed 
with the soybean oil meal. 
Circular 369, Table 12—Illinois University, 
Urbana, Ill. 
Reports of a comparison of soybean oil meal 
and cottonseed oil meal for steers averaging 1,100 
pounds . . . “two-year-old steers receiving soy¬ 
bean oil meal with a basal ration of ground corn, 
corn silage, and alfalfa hay made an average 
daily gain of 2.91 pounds, while similar cattle re¬ 
ceiving cottonseed oil meal and the same basal 
ration gained 2.77 pounds.” 
Fattening Calves—Illinois University, Urbana, 
Ill. Latest Project 272 — Test 228 days, Jan. 25, 
1935, to Sept. 10, 1935. 
Soybean Oil Meal—Average daily gain 2.27 lbs., 
total gain 518 lbs. 
Dry Rendered Tankage — Average daily gain 
2.18 lbs., total gain 498 lbs. 
Both received basal ration of Shelled Corn, Corn 
Silage, Alfalfa Hay, Powdered Limestone used with 
Soybean Oil Meal. 
