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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



I'odder consisted of hay, green corn fodder, green rye, green peas and 

 oats, green vetch and oats, green serradella, cabbages, sugar beets, and 

 a small anionnt of otlicr green (•ro])s. 



Jn suinniaiizing the results the period from May 1 to September 30 

 is included, since soiling ('ro])s weie fed at the end of the first season 

 and the beginning of the second season. The results are compared Arith 

 the average results secured with steers on pasturage in ISOO and 1891. 

 The summary foUows: 



Comparison of soiling and punt iiriKjt' for slecrs. 



SoilillfT: 



Steer No. 1 . 

 Steer No. 2. 

 rasturage : 



lt<90 



1891 



I J 



^'T^i7SS^*IGain in livel Duration 

 at begin- , ^^.igijt. 1 of period. 



ning 



Pounds. 

 818 



827 



867 



828 



Pounda. 

 232 

 188 



104 



107 



Days. 

 153 

 153 



144 

 190 



Average Cost of food per 

 gain in pound of gain 



weight per j ] 



dav Total. Net 



Pounds. ! 

 1.52 : 

 1.23 i 

 i 

 0.72 i 

 0.57 j 



Cent!:. 

 8.39 



10. :'.5 



1 8. 24 



2 6. 36 



Cents. 

 4.08 

 5.03 



' Pasturage at 40 cts. per week. 



• Pasturage at 2.'> ets. per week. 



"The different steers gaiued from 2 to 3 timt's as niu<li in live weii^ht per day 

 when fe<l at home as when pastured. 



"The price ])aid lor the ])astnre will, in a measure, f^overn the jirofit anil loss of 

 the operation. ... 



"In case of soiling, the net cost of feed required to produce 1 lb. of live weight, 

 4 to 5 cts., proved to he about one half the total cost. In other words, the chief 

 gain seems to have been in the value of the manure jiroduced." 



The advantages and disadvantages of soiling and pasturage are 

 discussed. 



The cost of beef production (pp. 70-73). — The 2 steers used in the 

 above ex])eriments were bought i^ovember 19, 1891, at 3i cts. per 

 pound, and sold February 28, 1893, at 4^ cts. per pound live weight. 

 During the entire experiment steer 1 gained 0G7 lbs. and steer 2 620 

 lbs., making an average daily gain of 1.43 lbs. tor Xo. 1 and 1.32 lbs. 

 for No. 2. 



The dry matter eaten per pound of gain in live weight was 10.04 lbs. 

 for steer 1 and 10.99 lbs. for steer 2. The total cost of food per ]>ound 

 of gain was 8.55 and 8.9 cts., respectively, and the net cost 4.22 and 

 4.4 cts., respectively. ' 



"Excluding the cost of labor, the coarse fodder articles and grains have been sold 

 at market rates, and have been a trifle more than paid for in the value of the beef 

 and of the manure produced. ... 



"Taking an average of the 2 steers, the total cost of jjroducing 1 lb. of live weight 

 was 8. 7 cts. and the net cost 4^ cts. 



"The av«-rage daily gain for the entire experiment (4G7 days) was 1.37 lbs., and 

 tlie dry matter reiiuired to jiroduce 1 11). of gain was 10.82 lbs." 



