STEER FEEDING EXPERIMENTS 



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Total cost of feed 

 per steer 



1913-14 $ 30.86 $ 26.04 



1914-15 31.62 28.90 



1915-16 . 30.04 28.27 



23.69 $ 27.71 $ 28.73 



23.73 28.41 $ 29.68 



26.17 29.84 $ 23.07 



Average $ 30.84 $ 27.74 $ 24.53 $ 28.69 $ 28.73 $ 29.68 $ 23.07 



Returns from pork 

 produced 



1913-14 $ 13.22 



1914-15 16.66 



1915-16 . -11.29 



18.48 

 32.43 

 15.37 



10.17 $ 21.20 $ 19.98 



25.54 40.98 $ 45.65 



19.55 14.13 $ .29 



Average $ 6.19 $ 22.09 $ 18.42 $ 25.44 $ 19.98 $ 45.65 $ .29 



Profit or loss per steer, 



not including pork 



produced 



Profit or loss per steer, 

 including pork pro- 

 duced 



1913-14 -6.24 



1914-15 -8.02 



1915-16 . - .02 



.51 

 1.00 

 9.75 



-1.32 .71 



-3.39 -3.37 

 9.07 7.05 



-2.56 



.57 



15.49 



The total gains for each year show a decided variation in 

 each lot, excepting Lot IV, in which they remained practically 

 stationary. The widest variation is between Lots I and II. The 

 total gain per steer for each year shows the same variation as does 

 the gain per lot. 



The total feed cost per steer, for each year, for 140 days, 

 shows little variation in the lots for the first two years. The feed 

 for all lots was higher in price the last year owing to the fact that 

 the cattle consumed more feed than in the previous two years. 



Hogs were put into each lot to consume such feed as passed 

 through the cattle undigested. A net gain .was made from hogs in 

 all lots except those in Lot I, on which during the last year a 

 loss of $11.29 was sustained by having the hogs in the feed lot. 

 The hogs in this lot received a limited grain ration, which was 

 charged against them. They did not make sufficient gains nor sell 



