340 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STA. BULLETIN, NO. 115 



TABLE VI. REGULAR FEEDING vs. SELF-FEEDING. 



Lot II Lot VI 



Shelled corn Shelled corn 



and clover hay. and clover hay. 



Regular feeding. Self feeding. 



Average initial weight 78.15 Ibs. 77.95 Ibs. 



Average final weight 101. 25 Ibs. 102. 00 Ibs. 



Average total gains 23.10 Ibs. 24 . 05 Ibs. 



Average daily gains . 235 Ibs. . 245 Ibs. 



( Grain.... 1.23 Ibs. 1.55 Ibs. 



Average daily rations < TT ^ 



1 Hay 1.72 Ibs. 1.38 Ibs. 



. /Grain.... 524. 89 Ibs. 637. 42 Ibs. 

 Feedperl Ibs. gain | Ray 730.73 Ibs. 564. 86 Ibs, 



Cost of 100 Ibs. gain, with corn at 



40c per bushel and hay at $10 



per ton $7 . 402 $7.377 



Average shrink per head from 



Columbia to National Stock 



Yards 5.75 Ibs. 5 . 2 Ibs. 



Average weight per head at Na- 

 tional Stock Yards. ... 95.5 Ibs. 96.8 Ibs. 



Selling price per 100 Ibs $6.35 $6.40 



Average cost per head, Columbia, 



at $4. 50 per 100 Ibs $3.321 $3.312 



Average cost of feed per head $1.730 $1.688 



Average selling price per head, 



Columbia $5 . 681 5 . 47 



Average profit per head $ .630 $ .47 



Dressing per cent 52.2% 49.8% 



Grade of carcasses Good Prime 



It can be seen in this table that the lot fed by means of a self- 

 feeder consumed 26% more corn and 19% less hay per hundred 

 pounds gain in live weight. It required 112.53 pounds, or two 

 bushels more corn per hundred pounds gain for the lot which was 

 fed by means of a self-feeder as compared with the lot fed in the 

 usual manner. 



The yearlings of Lot VI, fattened on a "self-feeder," were in 

 better condition at the end of the ninety-eight-day feeding period, 

 and sold for five cents more per hundred pounds. Their carcasses 

 were graded prime, and ranked the best of all seven lots. 



The cost of one hundred pounds gain with corn at forty cents 

 per bushel and hay at $10 per ton was three cents less with the self- 

 fed lot than with the lot fed by the usual method. With fifty-cent 



