20 The Bulletin. 



xVt these prices for feeds the rations suggested will cost as follows : 



Preliminary feeding period (average) . . . 13i/4c. per day. 



First fattening period 16%c. per day. 



Second fattening period. '. 18%c. per day. 



Third fattening period 18 l-5c. per day. 



If corn silage is not available, its place in the ration may be taken 

 by one-half the weight of corn stover. In case neither corn stover 

 nor silage has been provided, 25 to 35 pounds of cotton-seed hulls may 

 be used as roughage. 



In the absence of cotton seed add two-thirds of a pound of cotton- 

 seed meal for every pound of the cotton seed suggested. If cotton-seed 

 meal and hulls be the only feeds used, the feeding period should not 

 extend over 100 days, and about 5 pounds of hulls should be fed for 

 every pound of meal. A ration of this sort, say 7 pounds of cotton- 

 seed meal and 35 pounds of hulls, would cost I7^c. per day, with 

 cotton-seed meal at $25.00 per ton and hulls at $5.00 per ton. 



PROFIT OR LOSS. 



Thirty steers weighing 950 pounds each will cost, at 3I/2C. 



per pound $ 997.50 



The cost of feeding with the rations suggested, for 150 



days, will be 784.56 



Total cost $1,782.06 



If these cattle make an average gain of II/2 pounds per day 



and sell for 4%c. per pound, they will bring $1,674.37 



Loss $ 107.69 



If they gain l^/^ pounds per day and sell at 5 cents per 



pound they wfll bring ' $1,762.50 



Loss ". $ 19.56 



If they gain 1% pounds per day and sell at 4%c. per 



pound they will bring ' $1,726.62 



Loss $ 55.44 



If they gain 1% pounds per day and sell for 5 cents per 



pound they will bring $1,817.50 



Profit $ 35.44 



