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EXPERIME^'TAL FARMS 



5-6 EDWARD VII., A. 1906 

 Ex. IV. — Lot II. — Calves of May, 1904, Continued from December, 1904. • 



Lot. ir. 



Period. 



Dec. 1 to Dec 31 . 



Dec. 31 to Jan. 30., 



Jan. 30 to Mar. 1 . 



Mar. 1 to Liar. 31 

 Mar. 31 to Apl. 30 



Apl. 30 to May 30. 



May 30 to Oct. 1... 

 Oct. 1 to Oct. 30 . . 



Oct 31 to Nov. 30. 



Cost of feed, 1 steer, 1 year. 



Daily Rations. 



Roots, 20 lbs 

 Hay, 2 lbs... 

 Meal, ^ lb.... 



Roots, 25 lbs 

 Hay, 2 lbs... 

 Meal, ^ lb.... 



Root.s, 25 lbs . 

 Hay, 2ilbs.. 

 Meal, ^Ib... 



Roots, 30 lbs . 

 Hay, 2ilbs.. 

 Meal, ^ lb . . . 



Roots, 30 lbs. 

 Hay, 4 lbs . . . 

 Meal, ^ lb . . . 



Root?, 30 lbs. 

 Hay, 4 lbs . . . 



Pasture at. 



Roots, 30 lbs. 

 Hay, 4 lbs... 

 Meal, lib... 



Roots, 40 lbs 

 Hay, 4 lbs . . . 

 Meal, lib... 



Daily Cost. 



S cts. 



02 

 OOf 

 00| 



02h 

 OOi 

 00| 



02i 

 01' 

 00| 



03 

 01 

 OOf 



03 

 01* 



oog 



03 

 015 



03 

 Olf 

 OOli 



04 

 Olf 

 Oli 



Cost 

 for Period. 



.? cts. 



GO 

 24 



18 



1 20 

 48 

 3C 



Total Cost. 



S cts. 



1 02 

 1 17 

 1 23 

 1 38 



1 50 



1 38 

 4 00 



1 74 



2 04 



15 52 



Dec. 1, 1904, to Dec. 1, 1905. 



Weight at start. 

 2,015 lbs. 



Weight at finish. 

 3,480 lbs. 



Gain. 

 1,465 lbs. 



Daily rate of gain per steer 



Cost of feed per day per steer (winter) . . 

 " " (summer) , 



1 year. . 



Cost of 1 lb. gain , . . 



Cost of feed for lot, 1 year 



.$77 60 



COMPAEISON OF STEER-CALF EXPERIMENTS. 



Full feeding ration vs. light feeding ration, from birth to hlocJc. 



Since May, 1901, experiments have been carried on each year to detei'mine the 

 comparative economy of feeding calves a 'full fattening ration ' from the start, as 

 contrasted with a ' limited growing ration.' 



Each of the lots of ' full fattening ration ' were sold when two years old, the lots 

 on ' limited growing ration ' in each case were continued until 3 years old before being 

 sold. 



