REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Net profit per steer $ 5 05 



Average buying price per steer 48 35 



Average selling price per steer 69 30 



Average increase in value 20 95 



Average cost of feed for steer 15 90 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 9 steers 4,937 lbs. 



Am.ount of ensilage and roots 68,328 " 



Amount of hay 7,092 " 



Amount of straw eaten 252 " 



Lot ' B ' — Long Feed Steers. 



Number of steers in lot 9 : 



First weight, gross, Nov. 12, 1904. 9,380 lbs. 



First weight, average 1,042 " 



Finished weight, gross 12,720 " 



Finished weight, average, June 2, lSt05 1,413 " 



Total gain in 202 days 3,340 " 



Average gain per steer 371 " 



Daily gain per steer 1-83 



Daily gain for lot, 9 steers 16*53 



Gross cost of feed $ 246 74 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 7 38 



Cost of steers, 9,380 lbs. at $4 per 100 lbs 375 20 



Total cost to produce beef 621 94 



Sold, 12,720 lbs. at $6 per 100 lbs., less 4 per cent. ... 732 72 



Profit on lot 110 78 



Net profit per steer 12 31 



Average buying price per steer 41 69 



Average selling price per steer 81 49 



Average increase in value 39 80 



Average cost of feed for steer 27 41 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 9 steers 10,356^ lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 91,558 " 



Amount of hay 14,656 " 



Amount of straw eaten 126 " 



INFLUENCE OF AGE ON COST OF BEEF. 



Cost of producing beef with three-year olds, two-year olds, yearlings and calves. 

 Since in connection with other work in steer feeding an opportunity occurred to 



give the influence of age on cost of beef production another trial, it was done, and 



reiMjrted on below in detail. 



A study shows the following peculiarities revealed: — 



Ages. 



Three-year-olds 



Two-year-olds 



Yearlings 



Skim milk calves, new born under 8 months . 



Cost 100 lbs. 

 Gain. 



S cts. 



52 

 99 

 30 

 40 



