106 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



their net cost 5.03 cents, it will be noticed that the value 

 gained liy the stated increase in live weight does in neither 

 case pay fully for the food consumed for its production ; yet 

 there remains a noticeal)le margin of profit on the net cost 

 of the daily feed in the form of obtainable manure; i. e., 

 4.37 cents per day in case of steer No. 1, and 7.37 cents in 

 case of steer No. 2. 



2. The average of the daily increase in the live weight 

 of the steers during the entire period of pasture feeding 

 amounted, in case of steer No. 1, to .87 pounds, and in the 

 case of steer No. 2 to .58 pounds. This increase in live 

 weight represents on an average a market value of 3.18 cents 

 in case of the former, and in that of the latter of 2.18 cents. 

 Our expenses for the use of the pasture, per head, was 40 

 cents per week, or 5.7 cents per day. We lost, per head, 

 3 cents per day, or 21 cents per week, on each animal; not 

 counting expenses for transportation to and from the pasture, 

 loss of interest on the investment, etc. 



3, The financial results of the second winter feeding are 

 less satisfactory than those secured during the first winter 

 feeding. This fact is due to two circumstances, namely, 

 higher market cost of several coarse and fine fodder articles 

 used, and less nutritive effect of the fodder rations experi- 

 mented with. The daily increase in live weight did at no 

 time exceed 2.33 pounds per head. The market cost of the 

 various daily fodder rations used during the time stated 

 varied from 1G.8 cents to 27.48 cents per head, while their 

 net cost differed from 6.85 cents to 15.59 cents. The highest 

 temporary increase in live weight noticed, per day, 2.33 

 pounds, would realize in our market only 12.37 cents, which 

 amount is still 4.5 cents less than the market cost of the 

 cheapest daily fodder ration, I. i)eriod, used. 



The results of the second feeding experiment emj^hasize 

 the statements made in connection with the report of our 

 first experiment, namely, dieaper and more etficient fodder 

 rations than most of our grass lands — meadows and pastures 

 — can furnish have to be devised to render the production 

 of beef for our meat markets remunerative. 



Our observations with growing steers have been continued, 

 and feeding experiments carried on without the assistance 

 of summer pasturing are well advanced. 



