106 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Summary of Cost of the Average Daily Fodder Rations. 

 [Cents.] 



Feeding Periods. 



11. 



III. 



IV. 



V. 



VI. 



Tolal cost, 



Mniiiirial value obtainable,* 



Net COBt 



10.86 

 6.99 

 3.87 



15.95 

 9.. 32 

 6.63 



10.. 57 

 10.18 

 0.39 



12.75 

 10.45 

 2.30 



15.49 

 10.61 

 4.88 



15.30 

 10.10 

 5.20 



* Allowing 90 per cent, of the fertilizing ingredients to be recovered in the manure. 



The periods in which ensilage was fed as the coarse fodder 

 ])roduced distinctly the laruest gains in live weight. The 

 hay ration (Period II.) was the most costly one. 



II. What it has cost to produce Beef. 



Below is presented a detailed account of the cost of the 

 foods consumed. The cost of labor, interest on the money 

 involved, etc., is not added. 



The steers were purchased March 28, 1893, at 3. 09 cents 

 per pound li\e Aveight, and were sold April 4, 1894, for 3.85 

 cents per pound live Aveight. It is to be noted that these 

 animals wei-e bought when l)eef was high and of necessity 

 ^old Avhen it was low, which will naturally not be favorable 

 to a successful financial operation. They were soiled during 

 the summer of 1893. 



The three steers consumed nearly the same amount of food, 

 only slight differences being noted in the coarse fodders. 



