REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 69 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Sold 10,985 Us. at $5 25 per 100 lbs., less 4 per cent. . $ 553 66 



Profit or loss— profit 101 78 



Net profit per steer 12 72 



Average buying' price per steer 38 89 



Average selling price per steer G9 21 



Average increase in value 30 32 



Average cost of feed for steer 17 60- 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 8 steers 5,936 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 57,048 " 



Amount of bay 4,408 " 



Lot 3. 



Number of steers in lot 8 



First weight, gross 8,30C lbs. 



First weight average 1,037 " 



Finished weight, gross 9,990 " 



Finished weight average 1,248 " 



Total gain in 116 days 1,690 " 



Average gain per steer 211 " 



Daily gain per steer 1-82 " 



'Daily gain for lot, 8 steers 14-50 " 



Gross cost of feed ' $ 145 40 



Cost of 100 lbs. g.",iii 8 60 



Cost of steers, 8,300 lbs. at $3 per 100 lbs 249 00 



Total cost to produce beef, $249 + $145-40 394 40 



Sold, 9,990 lbs. at $4 50 per 100 lbs., less 4 per cent. . 431 59 



Profit or loss — profit 37 12 



Net profit per steer 4 65 



Average buying price per steer 31 13 



Average selling price per steer 53 95 



Average increase in value 22 82 



Average cost of feed for steer 18 18 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 8 steers 6,326 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 57,048 



Amount of hay 4,464 " 



*D.' 



SPRIXG FEEDING. 



In the spring of 1906 two groups of steers were purchased to experiment with as 

 to possibility of profitably producing beef in the stable to compete in the open market 

 with grass fed beef. 



Lot 1, consisted of 10 steers weighing 1,080 lbs, each and cost us 4 cents per lb. 

 delivered. 



Lot 2, consisted of steers weighing 883 lbs. each and cost us 3^ cents per lb. 

 delivered. 



Lot 1. 



Number of steers in lot 10 



First weight, gross, April 21, 1906 10,800 lbs. 



First weight, average 1,080 



Finished weight, gross, July 23, lOOG 12,825 " 



Finished weight averag^^ 1,282 " 



Total gain in 92 days 2,025 " 



Average gain per steer 203 



