DIVISION OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



527 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. 



REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT— J. A. CLARK, B.S.A. 



Owing to the limited land area available for pasture and the raising of roughages, 

 no breeding beef herd has been established on this Farm. 



In consequence, the beef cattle work has been limited to steer feeding. 



STEER FEEDING. 



A number of steer-; and heifers were fed to demonstrate possible profits from 

 short-keep steers or heifers of good and of poor flesh. These were purchased and 

 marketed at the ruling market prices. 



The meal mixture cost $25 per ton, and was made up a3 follows: — 



Oats (ground) 100 pounds. 



Barley (ground) . 100 „ 



Peas (ground) 100 „ 



Bran P.00 



Roots and ensilage were valued at $2 per ton. 

 Hay (mixed clover and timothy) was valued at $7 per ton. 

 The following is a detailed statement of the different lots fed: — 

 These were steers of the dairy type. They were purchased in poor condition. 

 At the date of the sale these were about three years old. 



Beef Production — Lot I- 



Number of steers in lot 2 



First weight, gross lb. 1,750 



First weight, average 875 



Finished weight, gross " 2,335 



Finished weight, average , " 1,167 V 



Total gain in 132 days " 585" 



Average gain per steer " 292-5 



Daily gain per steer " 2-21 



Daily gain per lot " 4-42 



Gross cost of feed $ 45 03 



Cost of 1 pound gain cts. 7-7 



Value of beef at beginning of experiment $ 70 00 



Total cost at end of experiment $ 115 0.3 



Selling price at 5| cents per pound $ 131 34 



Profit $ 16 31 



Profit per steer $ 8 15J 



Average valuation per steer at start : $ 35 00 



Average selling price per steer at finish $ 65 67 



Average increase in value $ 30 67 



Average cost of feed per steer $ 22 51 



Amount of meal eaten by lot 11). 1,722 



Amount of roots and ensilage " 18*376 



Amount of hay eaten •' \A1% 



Lot II. 



This was a grade heifer that was sold, after a short period of feeding, to make 

 room for the Hereford steers. 



