DIVISION OF ANIMAL UUSBANDRY 319 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, SCOTT, SASK. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, R. E. EVEREST, B.S.A. 



BEEF CATTLE. 



Work was luidertaken this year in tlie line of outside winter feeding of steers 

 for beef production. For this purpose te ■eiiteeu steers were purchased in Ocu. r 

 aiid placed on prairie pasture, where they remained until the 1st of December. L.;i 

 tliis dale they were weigiied into corral and started on a iigiit meid ration and pr ■ •' 

 hay. Water, salt and a let of straw wem provided at all time- for th.e cattle, 

 corral was enclosed by wtveu wire feiiC;;/ ;i;d on iti east side luui protection for i'* 

 feet by an implement shed. Ou the nortiiWist corner, a shelter of a straw shed 

 au open front was constructed. The cattle on the feediiig test ' 'mv own '•■ 

 Tirade a fah' showing. The figures which are taken for use ii >)llowi;; 



however, are the actual purchasing and selling weights. Both of ti;r -e wore taken at 

 points when ;i railway journey had intorveiied. A fuvther circumsta;ice which ai^ect d 

 unfavourably the results was the conflitional offer which was accepted in the disposal 

 of the stock. The fulfilment of this offer resulted in a severe grading of cattle w'tli 

 resultant low prices, and the shrinkage in weight was large. In fairness to the cattle 

 and this line of work it may be said (hat even on the little change in price which 

 existed in the general niarket from bnyiiig as feed(^rs in October, 1913. to scH'ng as 

 beef in April, ini4, the steers, on a previous sale, would have shown a small profit. 



Outside Winte7- Feeding of Steers for Beef Produclion. 



Nun-ilie • of animals fed 



Pu'ch !< ng weiaht, October 11, 1913 !b 



Purchasing weight, average " 



S? lir.g w ig'it, gross, April 4. 1914 " 



Scli'ng we'ght, average " 



Ni mb'^r of rlays in rasture, 16 ; in co rat, 122 



Total g'p'n for period " 



Averatrr ga n rer a limil » " 



Avera'^e rlaily g lin for group " 



Average d • 'Iv gain per an mil " 



Quaiii ty of meal eaten b*- ::rou;') " 



r'i;antity of hay eaten by group " 



Ouartiiy of oat sheaves eaten by group " 



Tnt il cost of feed $ 



Cos' ( f feed per hea 1 $ 



Cost of leed per head per day ct>-. 



Cost to produce 1 pound ga'n " 



Orignal cost of anitrals $ 



Original cost plus cost of feed $ 



Selling piice ? 



Net loss per group $ 



Net Ins'j per anima' $ 



FindhufK from rxpn-imrnt — 



Nutritive ratio of total ration 



Nutritive ratio of meal ration 



Dry matter reciuired to produce 1 pound gain lb. 



Digestible matter reiuired to produce 1 pound gain " 



Moal rr<iuired to pro'uop 1 pound gain " 



Meal "iMstibl" dry matt^t lequired to prodrce 1 porn' gain 



lioughage required to produce 1 pound gain " 



Roughage digestible matter required to produce 1 pound gain.. " 



