2io FARM AND SCHOOL PROBLEMS. 



Weight Weight of 



Breeds. of all cuts. Porterhouse and Sirloin. 



Shorthorn 1,046 pounds 127 pounds 



Hereford 1,007 " 109 



Angus 980 " 109 



Scrub 824 " 82 



PROBLEMS. 



1. What per cent of the weight of the cuts in the Shorthorns are 

 porterhouse and sirloin? Of the Hereford? Of the Angus? Of the 

 Scrub? 



2. Two steers were sold on the market, each weighing 1,200 pounds ; 

 they both received the same amount of feed; one was sold as a "Prime 

 steer" @ $8.75 per hundred ; the other was sold as a medium steer 

 @ $8.00 per hundred; what was the difference in the amount received? 



3. The prime steer in problem 2 dressed 64 per cent (cold basis) ; 

 the medium steer dressed 62 per cent (cold basis) ; a butcher paid at the 

 packing house; 13.5c per pound for the prime dressed steer, and 12.75c 

 per pound for the medium dressed steer. What did he pay for each? 

 What was the difference in total cost of the steers? 



4. The weight of the porterhouse and sirloin in the prime steer as 

 per weight in problem 3, was 12 per cent ; and in the medium steer the 

 weight of the porterhouse and sirloin was 10 per cent of the dressed 

 weight; what was the difference in weight of the porterhouse and 

 sirloin in the two steers? 



5. If the butcher received 25c a pound for the porterhouse and 

 sirloin from the two steers named in the above problems, and on an 

 average 12c per pound for the balance of the cuts, what was the difference 

 in profits on the two steers? 



6. A Kansas farmer operates a large farm for feeding cattle ; this 

 farm has four great concrete silos; cattle are brought directly from the 

 ranches of Texas and Oklahoma; only desirable, selected breeds are fed; 

 they are fed scientifically so that the cost of production is less than on 

 the average farm; a load of steers from this farm averaged 1,496 pounds 

 each, and brought $10.50 a hundred Ibs., in the Kansas City stock yards. 

 What was the price received for 20 of these steers? 



PROBLEMS. 



1. Assuming that a 2-year-old steer costing $5 per hundred, will 

 weigh 1,000 pounds and requires 300 pounds for finishing, what will be 

 the profit if the feed cost $30 and he sold at 7c when his weight was 

 1,300? 



2. What would be the lowest price at which the steer mentioned in 

 problem 1, could be sold without loss, without calculating the value of the 

 fertilizer saved in the manure? 



