REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 67 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Net profit per steer $12 47 



Average buying i^rice per steer 5 OO 



Average selling price per steer 74 65 



Average increase in value 69 65 



Average cost of feed for steer 57 18 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 5 steers 11,585 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 81,805 " 



Amount of hay 8,800 " 



Amount of straw eaten 2,021 " 



Amount of sugar beet pulp (dried) 378 " 



Green feed (soiling crops) 9,408 " 



Amount of skim milk 6,775 " 



On pasture (lot) 1 Mo. 



Meal consumed consisted of: Oats, 3,033 lbs.; bran, 3,416 lbs.; oil meal, 2,875 

 lbs. ; sliorts, C35 lbs. ; gluten, 644 lbs. ; corn, 459 lbs. ; mixed meal (oats, pease, barley 

 and wheat), 514 lbs. 



Lot 'J' — Limited Growing Ration Steers, Dropped in 1903. 



Number of steers in"lot 5 



First weight, gross 500 lbs. 



First weight, average 100 



Finished weight, gross 5,200 



Finished weight, average 1,040 ^' 



Total gain in 786 days 4,700 " 



Average gain per steer 940 " 



Daily gain for lot, 5 steers 5*95 " 



Daily gain per steer 1 -19 " 



Gross cost of feed $ 205 17 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 4 37 



Cost of steers 25 00 



Total cost to produce beef, $187.17 + $25 230 17 



Sold, 5,200 lbs. at $5.50 per 100 lbs., less 4 per cent 274 53 



Profit on lot 44 39 



Net profit per steer 8 89 



Average buyiiig price per steer 5 00 



Average selling price per steer 54 91 



Average increase in value 49 91 



Average cost of feed for steer 37 43 



Amount of m.eal eaten by lot of 5 steers 5,122 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 90,285 " 



Amount of hay 8,931 " 



Amount of straw eaten 2,371 



Pasture (50 cents per month) 30 Mos. 



Soiling crop 15,430 lbs. 





BEEF FROM STEERS AT 13 i MOXTIIS. STEERS DROPPED APRIL, 1904. 



The heavily fed lot of the 2 lots put on experiment May 1, 1904, were in such good 

 shape in Jvme, 1905, that it was decided to sell them, as $5.50 per IOC lbs. live weight 

 was offered. Reports followu The beef from these steers was exceedingly tender, very 

 fat, and of excellent flavour. 



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