370 Bulletin 91 



TABLE VI.— SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS FOR LOTS I AND II FED 77 DAYS 



Number of steers in lot 



Ration 



Average initial weight.. 

 Average final weight.... 



Average gain 



Average daily gain 



Average daily ration: 



Alfalfa hay. 



Silage 



Feed required per pound gain: 



Alfalfa hay. 



Silage 



Nutrients required per 100 lbs. gain: 



Dry matter 



Total digestible nutrient 



Number of therms 



Cost of 100 pounds gain.. 



Lot I 



Alfalfa hay 



891 lb. 



998 lb. 



107 lb. 



1.40 1b. 



28.63 lb. 



20.51 lb. 



1869.29 lb. 

 1055.00 lb. 

 700.00 therms 



$25.63 



Alfalfa hay and 

 silase 



889 lb. 



1073 lb. 



184 1 . 



2.39 lb. 



8.99 lb. 

 47.14 1b. 



3.76 lb. 

 19.71 lb. 



793.72 lb. 

 456.49 lb. 

 442.68 therms 



$12.58 



Initital cost per head at $10.00 cwt . 



Feed cost per head 



Interest on investment at 8% 



Estimated cost of marketing 



Total cost.. 



Value per cwt. March 26 



Returns per head without shrink.. 



Loss per head 



Profit per head 



Necessary .=;el!ing price per cwt... 



$89.10 



27.55 



1.50 



1 45 



$119.60 



S 10.25 



102.33 



17.27 



$88.90 



23.18 



l.SO 



1.45 



$115.03 



$ 10.75 

 115.38 



.35 

 10.72 



The average daily ration consumed by the steers in Lot I was 

 28.63 pounds of alfalfa hay. The first four weeks they consumed an 

 average of 25.87 pounds per day; the second four weeks, 30.30 pounds; 

 and the last three weeks 30.08 pounds. Steers weighing 891 pounds 

 and about 30 months old will consume slightly less than 30 pounds of 

 alfalfa hay daily for the first 11 weeks they are in the feed lot. The 

 first few days they will probably be nervous and not accustomed to 

 the feed, but after the first month they should reach their maximum 

 capacity. The steers in Lot II consumed an average of 47.14 pounds 

 of silage and 8.99 pounds of alfalfa hay per head daily throughout the 

 ■ test. At the outset these cattle ate more hay and less silage, but as 

 the period progressed they ate less alfalfa hay and more silage. In 

 each of the lots, the animals seemed to be well contented with their 

 feed and did as well as could be expected from the kind of feed given 

 them. 



The steers in Lot II did not require as much dry matter, total 



