1893.] 



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Summary of Cost of the Above-stated Average Daily Fodder 



Rations used. 

 [Cents.] 



* Allowing ninety-two per cent, of the manurial value of the feed consumed 

 obtainable. 



Taking the selling price of dressed beef at 3| cents per 

 pound, it follows that, to cover the daily expenses for feed 

 consumed in the form of the above specified six daily fodder 

 rations, the following rate of daily increase in pounds of live 

 weight becomes necessary : — 



Gain required in Pounds, per Day, of Live Weight, to cover 

 Expenses for Feed. 



The subsequent detailed record of each steer on trial shows 

 to what extent each of the previously specified fodder rations 

 has realized the required increase in live weight. 



Conclusion}^. 

 1. The rate of increase in live w^eio-ht was hiijhest durins^ 

 the first winter season, 1889-90. The daily increase in live 

 weight averaged in case of steer No. 1, 2.5 pounds, and in 

 the case of .steer No. 2, 3.3 pounds, for a period of six weeks, 

 when fodder rations II. and III. were fed. The market 

 value of the stated daily increase in live weight, at 3| cents 

 per pound, would amount to 9.4 cents in case of steer No. 1, 

 and to 12.4 cents in case of steer No. 2. As the market 

 cost of these two fodder rations averao;es 13.8 cents and 



