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EXPERLMEXTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, KENTVILLE, N.S. 



EEPORT OF THE SUPEEINTENDEKT, W. S. BLAIR. 



:beef cattle. 



Eighteen steers were purchased about the middle of November for feeding tests, n 

 They weighed 18,905 pounds and cost 5| cents per pound, live weight. Sixteen were 

 separated into uniform lots of four each. Of these, eight were dehorned and placed 

 loose, four each in two box stalls 12 by 12 feet in size. Eight were tied in stanchions. 

 The different lots were fed exactly alike. The steers were all grade Shorthorns except 

 the No. 5 lot which were grade Holsteins. The test covered a period of twenty weeks, 

 commencing November 15 and ending March 29. The gain from these and the extra 

 pair which were tied in stanchions is as follows : — 



The steers were fed 60 pounds roots, 12 pounds hay, and 50- pounds meal mixture 

 per day on the average. The meal during the first two weeks was 1 pound per day and 

 was increased 1 pound every two week-s until the end of the twenty weeks, when they 

 were getting 10 pounds each per day. The roots fed during the first period were 80 

 pounds per day which was lessened to 40 pounds at the close of the period, as the mea] 

 mixture was increased. 



The meal mixture was made up of and cost as follows : — 



400 pounds bran at $1.0.5 per cwt $4 20 



100 " cottonseed meal at $1.95 per cwt 1 95 



100 " linseed meal at $2 per cwt 2 00 



200 " cornmeal at $1.85 per cwt 3 70 



. 100 " crushed oats at $1.65 1 65 



900 " cost $13 50 



Or 11 cents per pound, $30 per ton. 



The roots were valued at $2 per ton. — 



Hay used cost $10 per ton. 



The cost of feed per steer for period of 20 weeks was as follows : — 



Roots, 8,400 pounds at $2 per ton $ 8 40 



Hay, 1,6S0 pounds at $10 per ton S 4 



Meal, 770 pounds at IJ cents per pound 11 53 



Total $28 35 



Cost per day for steer, '20^ cents. 



