DIVISION OF ANIMAL E USB AX DRY 525 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Gross cost of feed for period lb. 211 12 



Cost of 1 pound gain per lot cts. 8-22 



Cost, original, January 13, 1912, at $6.17 per cwt $ 131 72 



Total cost, January 4, 1913 : $ 316 14 



Selling price, January, 1913, less 5 per cent shrinkage, at $7.75 per cwt. $ 348 28 



Profit per lot $ 2 14 



Profit per steer $ 43 



Average valuation per steer to start, January 13, 1912 $ 26 34 



Average sale price per steer at finish, January 4, 1913 $ 69 65 



Average increase in value $ 43 31 



Average cost of feed per steer $ 42 88 



Amount of meal eaten lb. 7,752 



Amount of ensilage and roots eaten " 48,240 



Amount of hay eaten " 17,665 



Amount of straw eaten " 2,891 



Amount of green feed eaten " 1,120 



N.B. — These Galloways did not have the size, uniformity or breeding of the 

 Shorthorns, Angus or Herefords, and made the lowest net profit of any breed or lot. 



Lot IV— Herefords. 



Number of steers in lot 5 



First weight, gross, January 13, 1912 lb. 2,310 



First weight, average " 462 



Finished weight, gross, January 4, 1913 " 5,085 



Finished weight, average..., • " 1,047 



Number of days in test days. 356 



Total gain in 356 days lb. 2,775 



Average gain per steer " 565 



Daily gain per steer 1-56 



Daily gain f>er lot * 7-80 



Gross cost of feed for period $ 214 42 



Cost of 1 pound gain per lot cts. 7-72 



Cost, original, January 13, 1912, at $6.17 per cwt $ 142 52 



Total cost, January 4, 1913 $ 356 94 



Selling price, January, 1913, less 5 per cent shrinkage, at $7.75 per cwt. $ 376 60 



Profit per lot $ 19 66 



Profit per steer $ 3 93 



Average valuation per steer to start, January 13, 1912 $ 28 50 



Average sale price per steer at finish, January 4, 1913 $ 75 32 



Average increase in value $ 46 82 



Average cost of feed per steer $ 42 88 



Amount of meal eaten lb. 7,752 



Amount of ensilage and roots eaten " 48,240 



Amount of hay eaten " 17,655 



Amount of straw eaten " 2,89? 



Amount of green feed eaten " 1,120 



N.B. — Although not having the size or the quality of breeding as found in lots 



I and II, these grade Herefords compared very favourably with those lots as to daily 



gains and net profits. 



Lot V— Mixed Breeds. 



Number of steers in lot 6 



First weight, gross, January 13, 1912 lb. 2,025 



First weight, average " 337 



Finished weight, gross, January 4, 1913 " 5,290 



Finished weight, average " 1,058 



Number of davs in test : days. 356 



Total gain in 356 days lb. 3,265 



Average gain per steer 544 



Daily gain per steer " 1-52 



Daily gain per lot " 9-17 



Gross cost of feed for period $ 242 17 



Cost of 1 pound gain per lot cts. 7-41 



Cost, original, January 13, 1912, at $6.17 per cwt $ 124 94 



Total cost, January 4, 1913 $ 367 11 



Selling price, January, 1913, less 5 per cent shrinkage, at $7.75 per cwt. $ 389 51 



Profit per lot $ 22 40 



Profit per steer $ 3 73 



Average valuation per steer to start, January 13, 1912 $ 20 82 



Average sale price per steer at finish, January 4, 1913 $ 64 92 



Average increase in value $ 44 10 



Average cost of feed per steer $ 40 35 



