Average cost of feed per cow 



Bedding used per cow 



985 Ib. wheat straw @ $8.00 per ton 



Labor in feeding 



Total expenditure 



Value of manure per cow 



8840 Ibs. @ $1.50 per ton 



Value of increase in weight: 



164.5 Ib. @ 5c per Ib 



Total value 



Net cost of wintering cow 



16.13 



3.94 



2.00 



22.07 



6.63 



8.22 



14.85 



8.22 



The data presented in the summary is based upon prevailing 

 local prices of feeds throughout the state during the winter of 1911- 



Figure 7. A typical Shorthorn cow suitable for the production of feeding 

 steers. 



12. Corn silage is valued at $3.50 per ton, which is equivalent to 7oc 

 per bushel for corn, thus allowing a very material profit in its pro- 

 duction before charging it as feed. It required four tons of silage 

 to winter each cow, which is equivalent to one-half of an acre when 

 corn yields 40 bushels per acre or one-^hird of an acre when the land * 

 will produce a 60 bushel corn crop. The weather conditions during 

 the progress of the test were the most severe of any ever recorded 

 at the local weather bureau, the temperature frequently falling be- 



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