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Missouri Agricultural Rejwrt. 



INFLUENCE OF AGE UPON THE COST OF PRODUCTION. 



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



Agriculture.) 



Summer feeding on bhicgrass pasture. Length of feeding period, 210 days. Tlilrd trial, 



1900. Yearlings and 2-year-olds compared. 



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 shelled corn. 



Yearlings 



Two-year-olds . 



Cottonseed meal & 

 shelled corn. 



Yearlings 



Two. year-olds. 



Corn with linseed 

 meal last 60 days. 



Yearlings 



Two-year-olds.. 



Shelled corn. 



Yearlings- 



Two-year-olds.. 



Average of all ra- 

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Yearlings 



Two-year-olds.. 



1320 

 1440 



1299 

 1431 



1311 

 1470 



1250 

 1438 



1295 

 1444 



461 



566 



441 

 570 



450 

 584 



391 



552 



435 



568 



2.18 

 2.69 



2.10 

 2.72 



2.14 



2.78 



1.86 

 2.63 



2.07 

 2.70 



$5.58 

 $5 58 



$5.63 

 $5.67 



$5.26 

 $5.37 



$5.28 

 $5.52 



$5.43 

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•On December 3, 1906, Mr. John Alexander, of the commission firm of Alexander, 

 Ward& Conover, Chicago, placed the above values on the cattle of the various ages fed 

 that season. They were sold on the Chicago market December 10, 1906. The 28 liead of 

 yearlings brought $6.35, and the 5J8 head of 2-year-olds brought $0.85. 



