323 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



Number of steers in group 



]'irst weight, gross, November 2, 1913 lb. 



First -weight, average : " 



Finishing weiglit, March 16, 1914, gross " 



Finishing weight, average " 



Total gain for period, 135 days ; " 



Avera,gc gain per steer " 



Average daily gain per steer -. " 



Amount of meal eaten by group " 



Amount of alfalfa hay eaten by group " 



Amount of oat hay eaten by group " 



Amount of roots eaten by group " 



Amount of salt eaten by group " 



Total cost of feed $ 



Cost of feed per steer " 



Cost of feed per steer per day . " 



Cost to produce 1 pound gain '' 



Original cost of group including freight, etc " 



Interest on investment at 8 per cent " 



Original cost plus cost of feed " 



Selling price, at S8- 10 per hundred " 



Net profit per group " 



Net profit per steer " 



Group 1 



Group 2 



Group 3 



THE SALE. 



The steers were sold locally to Delaney's, Limited, on March 16. 



FINANCUL STATEMENT. 



The day after the experiment started, a rather unusual accident happened. One 

 steer died, presumably from the result of bloat. This is unusual, because cattle 

 very rarely bloat on cured alfalfa hay. This one died in group 1, which had seven 

 steers to start with, but the results are computed on six steers. In the financial 

 statement, however, the price of the steer that died is included. 



Cost of sixteen 3-year-old steers $1,200 GO 



Cost of four 2-year-old steers 2jS0 00 



Freight charges 23 00 



Interest on investment at 8 per cent 56 92 



Pasture, 1 h months at $1 per head 30 00 



Cost of feed 543 60 



Selling price $2,188.61 



Net profit ..^ 75 09 



$2,188 61 $2,188 61 



Letiibridge. 



