REPORT OF MR. S. A. BEDFORL 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Comparative Gains. 



425 



Steers Fed on Speltz. 



Original weight 



Weight end of 1st period. 

 M 2nd H . 



ii 3rd ii 



ii 4th it 



Date. 



Weight. 



Gain. 



Dec. 28. 

 Jan. 25. 

 Feb. 22. 

 Mar. 22. 

 April 18. 



2,502 lbs. 

 2,582 i, 

 2,632 .. . 

 2,765 ii . 

 2,810 .. . 



Total Gain. 



80 lbs. . . 

 50 .... 

 133 

 45 



Gain. 



45 lbs. . . 

 18 



115 ,. .. 

 50 



308 lbs. 



Steers Fed on Mixed Grain. 



Date. 



Original weight iDec. 28 . 



Jan. 25. 



Feb. 22. 

 Mar. 22. 



April 18. 



Weight end of 1st period , 

 2nd 

 3rd 

 4th 



Weight. 



2,497 lbs 

 2,542 ,. 

 2,560 „ 

 2,675 „ 

 2,725 „ 



Total Gain. 



228 lbs. 



Cost of Feeding Each Lot of Two Steers. 



2,240 pounds of straw at $1 per ton $ 1 12 



840 pounds of corn fodder at $4 per ton 1 68 



4,648 pounds of ensilage at $2 per ton 4 65 



2,12S pounds of chop at 75 cents per hundred 15 96 



Summary of Results, 



$23 41 



Steers fed on speltz 



Steers fed on mixed grain 



First Cost of j Value of Feed ! Price Sold 

 Steers. Consumed. for. 



$81 31 

 81 12 



$23 41 

 23 41 



$129 26 

 125 35 



Profit. 



$24 54 

 20 82 



Speltz as Teed for Steers. 

 During first four weeks, Dec. 2S to Jan. 25.. each steer received per day ; 



Lbs. 



Straw 10 



Corn fodder 5 



Ensilage 20 



Chop 7 



During second four weeks, Jan. 25 to Feb. 22, 1901, each steer received per day : 



Lbs. 



Straw 10 



Corn fodder 5 



Ensilage 20 



Chop 9 



