REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 69 



SESSIONAL PAPER Nc. 16 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain, Dec. 1, 1904, to June 12, 1905. ... $4 30 

 Cost of steers up to Dec 1, 1904— Feed, $59.83 ; buying 



price, $30 89 83 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain— May 1, 1901, to Nov. 30, 1904 2 77 



Total cost of steers at 407 days or 13| months old. . 189 59 



Sold, 5,220 lbs. at $5.50 per 100 lbs., less" 4 per cent 275 66 



Profit on lot 86 07 



Net profit per steer 14 34 



Average value of steer at birth 5 00 



Average selling price per steer 45 94 



Average increase in value, allowing $5 as value of calf 



when dropped 40 94 



Average cost of feed for steer 26 53 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 6 steers in 407 days. . 6,707 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 43,150 " 



Amout of hay 6,900 " 



Amount of green feed, clover, mixed crop cut green, 



rape, &c 9,408 " 



Meal consumed consisted of: Oats, 2,289 lbs.; oil meal, 1,145 lbs.; bran, 2,523 

 lbs. ; corn, 276 lbs. ; shorts, 138 lbs. ; barley meal, 336 lbs. 



Lot ' N' — Limited Groiving Ration Steers, Dropped April, 1901^. 



Number of steers in lot 6 



First weight, gross 490 lbs. 



First weight, average 81 " ^ 



Total weight. May 18, 1905 4,020 " 



Average weight. May 18, 1905 670 " 



Total gain in 383 days 3,530 " 



Average gain per steer 588 " 



Daily gain for lot, 6 steers 9-18 " 



Daily gain per steer 1 '53 *' 



Gross cost of feed, Dec. 1, 1904, to May 18, 1905. ... $ 58 66 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain, Dec. 1, 1904, to May 18, 1905. ... 3 95 

 Cost of steers up to Dec. 1, 1904— Feed, $57.90 ; buying 



price, $30 87 90 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain. May 1, 1904, to Nov. 30, 1904. ... 2 83 



Total cost of steers at 383 days or 12i mos. old 146 56 



Value of steers May 18, 1905, going on grass 4,020 lbs. 



at 3-J 140 70 



Loss on lot 5 86 



Net loss per steer 97 



Average buying price per steer 5 00 



Average value of steer at I23 mos. old 23 45 



Average increase in value, allowing $5 value of calf 



when dropped 18 45 



Average cost of feed for steer 19 43 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 6 steers 3,356 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 42,882 " 



Amount of hay 4,173 " 



Amoimt of straw eaten 1,684 " 



Amount of green feed, clover, mixed crop cut green, 



rape, &c 7,266 " 



Meal consumed consisted of: Oats, 1,247 lbs.; oil meal, 504 lbs.; barley, 273 lbs.; 

 bran, 1,332 lbs. 



