INDIANA 
Fattening Steers — Purdue University Agricul¬ 
tural Experiment Station Bulletin 314. 
Soybean oil meal was as efficient as cottonseed 
meal as a supplement to corn in a ration for fatten¬ 
ing steers. This was shown by the rate of gain, cost 
of gain and finish of the cattle. The rate of gain 
was 2.36 pounds daily per head when soybean oil 
meal was fed and 2.35 pounds daily per head where 
cottonseed meal was used. The cost of gain was 
only eight cents per hundred pounds between the 
rations. The fiuish was the same as indicated by the 
appraised selling price. These results were secured 
in the third trial of a series to determine the value 
of cottonseed meal, a product produced outside the 
corn belt, and soybean oil meal, a product produced 
within the com belt. The ration fed the cattle in 
addition to the feeds under comparison consisted of 
shelled corn, clover hay and corn silage. The results 
of the three trials are so nearly identical in respect 
to rate of gain, feed required per pound of gain and 
finish of the cattle that little doubt can exist as to 
the fact that when cattle are fed under such condi¬ 
tions as obtained in these trials, the effect of soy¬ 
bean oil meal and cottonseed meal will be prac¬ 
tically the same. 
DAIRY CATTLE 
INDIANA 
Experiment Station indicated Soybean Oil Meal 
gave as good results as linseed oil meal for milk 
production (April, 1931). 
VIRGINIA 
Experiment Station found Soybean Oil Meal gave 
better results than Cotton Seed Meal in produc¬ 
tion of milk Proteins. (Bulletin No. 28.) 
OHIO 
University found cows fed Soybean Oil Meal pro¬ 
duced 2% greater milk yield than linseed oil meal 
(44th Annual Report). 
WISCONSIN 
found Soybean Oil Meal equal to linseed oil meal. 
(Feed Buyer’s Guide, January, 1932.) 
SWINE 
Many experiments indicate the value of Soy¬ 
bean Oil Meal when properly mineralized as an 
efficient Protein Supplement for growing and 
fattening hogs. Will replace Tankage when fed 
at the ratio of 1% lbs. to 1 lb. so as to produce 
the protein equivalent. Processed Soybean Oil 
Meal makes firm carcass. 
