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REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 73 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Average gain per steer '''58 lbs. 



Daily gain per steer 1-8B 



Daily gain for lot, 5 steers 9-15 



Gross cost of feed $ 145 59 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 3 84 



Cost of steers, $5 each. . , 25 00 



Total cost to produco beef, $145 59 + $25 • . . 170 59 



Sold, 4,585 at $5 25 per 100 lbs., less 4 per cent. ... 231 10 



Profit on lot 60 51 



Net profit per steer liJ 10 



Average buying price per steer. May 12, 1905 5 00 



Average selling price per steer, July 2, 1906 46 22 



Average increase in value 41 22 



Average cost of feed for steer 29 20 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 5 steers G,856 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 42,215 



Amount of hay 5,4/5 



Amount of skim milk 11,350 



Meal consumed consisted of 1,980| lbs. oats, 3,029 lbs. bran, 475 lbs. barley, 237 



lbs. corn, 10 lbs. oil meal, 840 lbs. gluten meal and 235 lbs. mixed meal. 



A Life History. 



The next lot, dropped in 1904, were fed as usual with a very light meal ration 

 till May 18. 1905, when they were turned out to pasture and left thereon till Octol.er 

 28, 1905. The pasture was poor, however^ and heavily stocked, so the steers did very 

 little more than hold their own. 



Below follows a life history. 



LOT 3. — LIMITED RATION, CALVES DROPPED 1904. 



(Number of steers in lot 6 



First weight, gross, May 1, 1904 490 lbs. 



First weight, average 81 " 



Finished weight, gross, May 7, 1906 6,995 " 



Finished weight, average 1,166 " 



Total gain in 743 days 6,505 " 



Average gain per steer 1,084 " 



Daily gain per steer 1-46 " 



Daily gain per lot. 6 steers 8-76 " 



Gross cost of feed $ 264 07 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain 4 06 



Cost of steers, $5 each, 6 steers 30 00 



Total cost to produce beef $264 07 + $30 294 07 



Sold, 6,995 lbs. at $5 25 per 100 lbs., less 5 per cent. . 348 86 



Profit on lot 54 79 



Net profi.t per steer 9 13 



Average buying price per steer 5 00 



Average selling price per steer. 58 14 



Average increase in value 53 14 



Average cost of feed for steer 44 01 



Amount of meal eaten by lot of 6 steers 8.621 lbs. 



Amount of ensilage and roots 78,438 " 



Amount of hay 7,542 



