REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSON 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Experiment II. — cal\'es of may, 1902, continued from December, 1, 1903. 



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Lot II. 



Period. 



Dec. 1 to Dec. 31 



Daily Ration. 



Roots, 40 lbs. 



Hay, 4 lbs . . . 



jStraw, 5 lbs. . 



Dec. 31 to Jan. 30 IRoots, 40 lbs. 



Haj% 4 lbs . . . 

 • Straw, 5 lbs. . 



Jan. 30 to March 1 lEoots, 40 lbs. 



Hay, 8 lbs .. 



March 1 to March 31 . 

 March 31 to April 30. 

 April 30 to May 30 . . 



Roots, 40 lbs. 

 Hay, 8 lbs... 



Roots, 30 lbs. 

 Hay, 10 



Roots, 20 lbs 

 Hay, 12 



May 30 to Nov. 1. 

 Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. . 



5 months at pasture at. 



Roots, 80 lbs. 

 Hay, 8 lbs... 

 Meal, 3 lbs . . 



Cost of feed for 1 steer, 365 days. 



Daily Cost. 



$ cts. 



04 

 013 

 Oli 



Cost for 

 Period. 



$ cts. 



1 20 

 48 

 45 



08 

 03} 

 031 



2 40 



9G 



1 08 



Total Cost. 



$ fts. 



2 13 



2 13 



2 16 



2 16 



2 10 



2 04 

 6 00 



4 44 



23 16 



Steer Calf Experiment II. — continued. 



i.bs. 



Original weight of 5 steers, Dec. 1, 1903 3,690 



Weight at finish, of 5 steers. Dee. 1, 1904 5,475 



Gain for period 1,785 



Daily rate of gain per steer lbs. '97 



Cost of feed per day per steer (winter) cts. 8'17 



" (summer) " 4'00 



" for period " 6"34 



Cost of 1 lb. gain " 6'48 



Cost of feed for lot, 1 year $115 80 



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