REPORT OF MR. R. ROBERTSOW 



347 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Daily rate of gain per steer lbs. 1*05 



Cost of feed per day per steer (winter) eta, 6' 60 



Cost of feed per day per steer (summer) " 6*83 



Cost of 1 lb. gain " G'SS 



Cost of feed per day per srteer for period " 6'70 



Cost of 1 lb. gain " 6*35 



Cost of feed for lot, 1 year $122 30 



Steer Calf Experiment IV. 



In estimating the cost of feeding calves, the following values were put on the 

 different feeds : — 



New milk, $1 per 100 pounds. 



Skim milk, 15 cents per 100 pounds. 



Meal (oats, wheat, bran and oil cake), $1 per 100 lbs. 



Roots or ensilage;, 10 cents per 100 lbs. 



Hay, $8 per ton. 



Experiment IV. — u>t L full FATTENma ration — calves of mat, 1904. 



Period, 



June 1 to July 1 . 



July I to August 1 



August 1 to September 1. 



September 1 to October L . 



October 1 to November 1 



November 1 to December 1 



Cost of feed, 5 calves ISO day*. 



Daily Ration. 



10 lbs. whole milk 

 10 lbs. akim-milk . 

 ^ lb. meal 



10 lbs. whole milk 

 10 lbs. skim-milk . 

 ^ lb. meal . •. 



20 lbs. skim-milk 



2 lbs. hay 



1 lb. meal 



10 lbs. skim-milk 



2 lbs. hay 



1 lb. meal 



10 lbs. roots 

 2 lbs. hay . . 

 1^ Ibe. meal. 



10 lbs. rooti 

 2 lbs. hay... 

 2 lbs. meal . 



Amount 



fed during 



Period. 



Lbs. 



1,500 

 1,500 

 37J 



1,550 

 1,550 

 77i 



3,100 

 310 

 155 



1,500 

 300 

 150 



1,550 

 310 

 232 



1,500 

 300 

 300 



Cost. 



$ cts. 



15 00 

 2 25 

 37i 



Total Cost. 



I cts. 



17 62i 



18 59i 



7 44 



4 95 



5 11 



5 70 



59 42 



Lbs. 



Weight of 5 cah«8, June 1, 1904 905 



Weight of 5 calvcB, Dec 1, 1904 . . ._, 2,650 



Gain for period 



1,745 



