Live Stock Breeders' Association. 



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In 1906, a comparison of yearlings and two-year-olds, on four 

 different rations. 



INFLUENCE OF AGE UPON THE COST OF PRODUCTION. 



(Missouri results In co-operation with Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of 



Agriculture.) 



Sun mer feeding on bluegrass pasture. Length of feeding period, 211 days. First trial, 



1904. Yearlings and 2-year-olds compared. 



*In computing cost of gain, the following prices of feed were assumed: 



Corn, 40c per bu. 



Cottonseed meal, $24.00 per ton. 



Linseed meal, $28.00 per ton. 



Gluten feed, $22. 0() per ton. 



No charge was made for cost of pasture, and no credit was given for hog gains nor 

 for value of manure. 



