804 THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



averaged 1,000 pounds. Began feeding as before, in February, 

 and after the first of April gave them all the shock corn they 

 would eat till turned on pasture. Then fed as before. Sold in 

 August, when they averaged 1,536 pounds. These cattle were 

 worth when put up to feed, $3.50 per hundred, or $35 each, and 

 were sold at $4.50 per hundred, bringing $69.12 per head. After 

 allowing the regular rates for pasture, market price for corn, and 

 eight per cent interest on capital, there was a net profit of over 

 $1,100 on the lot. 



" 1879. This year 89 head were fattened on the same plan. 

 They cost $2,775 and were sold in two lots, the heaviest cattle 

 July 16th, at $5 per hundred, and the lighter on September 

 10th, at $4.75 per hundred, bringing $6,974. 



"1880. One hundred and thirteen cattle were fed which 

 cost $4,048. They were sold in three lots, the first, forty-eight 

 head, in June, as many more in August, and the balance in De- 

 cember, the lot bringing $8,057.99. 



" 1881. Fed 103 head costing $3,090 ; sold 85 head July 

 15th at $5.25 per hundred, and the remainder at Christmas at 

 $4.75 per hundred, the lot bringing $7,152.41. 



"1882. Sixty-nine head; weight, May 1st, average 1,036 

 pounds; June 1st, average 1,169 pounds; making a gain of 4i 

 pounds per day. July 1st, average 1,261, making a gain of 

 about 3 pounds per day. July 18th, 34 head were sold aver- 

 aging 1,346 pounds, and the remainder were kept till November, 

 when they averaged 1,470. The lot at $4.50 per hundred were 

 worth when I began feeding $46.62 per head, corn was worth 

 60 cents a bushel, and those sold in July ate a little over 19 bush- 

 els each, worth $11.85, and were charged for pasture 21 months 

 $4 each, making the total cost $62.47 per head. These cattle 

 sold for $6.70 per hundred, being $90.11 per head; deducting 

 cost, leaves a net profit of $27.64 per head. The cattle sold in 

 November brought the same price per hundred, which amounted 

 to $98.49 per head, but no account was kept of corn or pasture 

 after the first lot was sold." 



The last letter received from Mr. Deal was dated June 7, 

 1883, in which he says: 



