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feeding these steers was $12.22 per steer in the case of the short 

 keep and $20.95 P er steer in the case of the long keep, which were 

 fed a good deal longer time. The selling price was $5.75 per 100 

 pounds for the long keep and $5.50 per 100 pounds for the short 

 keep. There was realized $12.69 profit on the short keep and $18.23 

 on the long keep steers. 



In Manitoba and Alberta, experiments were made to determine 

 the relative cost of fattening cattle in comfortable stables and in the 



Section of main dairy barn showing mangers and water cups. 



open air with only bush shelter. In Manitoba, in one test, it was 

 found in the case of well-grown steers, three years and over, in fair 

 flesh in the fall, that cheaper gains were made by the cattle fed 

 out-of-doors. Younger cattle and those in lean condition are more 

 profitably fed within the shelter of a barn. In Alberta, the three- 

 year-old cattle in fair condition fed out-of-doors made much more 

 profit than those wintered in a comfortable barn. 



Most of the feeding experiments already referred to were with 

 cattle purchased as feeders. For a number of years tests were made 

 to ascertain the most profitable method of feeding from birth to the 

 finished condition. Steers have been finished within periods ranging 

 from 13 to 14 months, and in almost every case, the greatest profit 

 was obtained with those finished in the shorter period. Continuous 

 fattening, when compared with carrying stock on a light ration, 



