REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 73 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Amount of ensilage and roots eaten lbs. 29,002 



Amount of hay eaten " 8,502 



Amount of straw eaten " 3,338 



Meal consisted of bran, 3,149-4 lbs.; gluten, 1,049-8 lbs.; oil cake meal, 1,049-8 

 lbs. Koughage was clover hay, corn ensilage, turnips, mangels and oat straw. Roots 

 were fed during the winter months only. They were pulped and mixed with ensilage 

 in tho proportion of one part of the former to five parts of the latter. 



Lot S. 



Number of steers in lot 4 



First weight, gross, April 1, 1910. . . lbs. 1,793 



First weight, average " 448-2 



Finished weight, gross, January 16, 1911 v " 3,570 



Finished weight, average " 892-5 



Total gain in 290 days " 1,777 



Average gain per steer " 444-2 



Daily gain per sieer " 1-53 



Daily gain per lot, 4 steers . . " G-12 



Gross cost of feed $ 86 01 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain cts. 4-8 



Valuation put on beef, April 1, 1910 $ 89 65 



Total cost to produce beef 175 66 



Valued 3,570 lbs. at $6.50 per 100 lbs., less 5 per cent. .... 220 45 



Profit 44 79 



Profit per steer 11 19 



Average valuation per steer to start 22 41 



Average selling price per steer 55 11 



Average increase in value 32 70 



Average cost of feed per steer 21 50 



Amount of meal eaten per lot of 4 steers lbs. 3,041 



Amount of ensilage and roots eaten " 18,678 



Ataount of hay eaten " 7,334 



Amount of straw eaten " 2,141 



Meal fed consisted of bran, 1,824-6 lbs.; gluten, 608-2 lbs.; oil cake meal, 608-2 

 lbs. Roughage was clover hay, corn ensilage, turnips, mangels and oat straw. Roots 

 were fed during the winter months only. They were pulped and mixed with ensilage 

 in the proportion of one part of the former to five parts of the latter. 



Lot 4- 



Number of steers in lot 5 



First weight, gross, April 1, 1910 lis. 2,801 



First weight, average " 560 



Finished weight, gross, January 16, 1911 " 5,165 



Finished weight, average " 1,033 



Total gain in 290 days " 2,364 



Average gain per steer " 472-8 



Daily gain per steer " 1-63 



Daily gain per lot, 5 steers " 8-15 



Gross cost of feed $ 159 94 



Cost of 100 lbs. gain cts. 6-77 



Valuation put on beef, April 1, 1910 $ 140 05 



Total cost to produce beef 299 99 



