362 LIVE-STOCK RULES AND RECORDS 



Profit or loss in fattening steers (Nebraska Bulletin 116) 

 84 days' feeding 



Initial cost of 1043-pound steer @$5.00 per cwt. $52.15 



Cost of 1680-pounds corn @ 52c per bu. 15.60 



Cost of 640-corn-stover @ 4.00 per T. 1.28 



Cost of 570-alfalfa hay @ 7.00 per T. 2.00 



Risk, labor, and shelter 5.00 



Total cost . . . . 76.03 



Selling price, 1274-pound steer 6.02 per cwt. 76.70 



Value of manure 5.00 



Income 81.70 



Total cost of steer . . 76.03 



Total profit .... 5.67 



Profit per $ 1.00 invested .08 



Profit or loss in fattening sheep (Ohio Bulletin 187) 

 96 days' feeding 



Initial cost of 50-pound lamb . . , $ 6.00 per cwt. $ 3.00 



Cost of 134 pounds corn @ 40c per bu. .96 



Cost of 125 pounds clover hay @ 12.00 per T. .75 



Risk, labor and shelter . .50 



Total cost .... 5.21 



Selling price, 74-pound lamb @ 7.00 per cwt. 5.18 



Value of manure .60 



Income 5.78 



Total cost .... 5.21 



Profit .57 



Profit per $ 1.00 invested .11 



Profit or loss in fattening swine (Indiana Bulletin 137) 

 60 days' feeding 



Initial cost of 115-pound hog ....... @$5.25 per cwt. $6.04 



Cost of 214 pounds corn-meal 18.00 per T. 1.93 



Cost of 214 pounds middlings @ 25.00 per T. 2.67 



Risk, labor, and shelter ' .75 



Total cost .... 11.39 



Selling price, 234-pound hog @ 5.25 12.29 



Value of manure .50 



Total income .... 12.79 



Total cost .... 11.39 



Profit 1.40 



Profit per $ 1.00 invested .12 



Cow-testing Associations (Cornell Station) 



All evidence goes to show that the dairy business maintains a fairly 



profitable status only because good individual cows make up for the 

 deficiencies of the poor ones. The elimination of poor producing 



