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$2K3.10 to keep him until he was thirty-three months old. 

 Or, it cost about three cents a pound to grow the animal 

 to various ages, when nothing but the feed and pasture 

 was charged against him. 



This feed bill could be materially reduced by extending 

 the pasture grazing season. The pasture season could be 

 extended three months, almost anywhere in the South, by 

 the use of "spotted" burr clover (MeJicago maculata). 

 Burr clover is a winter growing crop and occupies the 

 ground in common with bermuda, which makes its growth 

 during the summer months. 



FEED EXPENSE, INTEREST, INSURANCE, ETC., TO PRODUCE A 



BEEF CALF. 



In estimating the cost of producing a beef animal, it is 

 usual to charge nothing against the animal but the winter 

 feed and the pasture used. But there are other items that 

 should be charged against this animal, as interest on the 

 money invested in the cattle, mortality, depreciation in 

 value of the cows, etc. He 'should be credited with the ma- 

 nure produced. The following estimates charge the calf 

 not only with the feeds used, but the other items mentioned 

 above, and gives him credit for the approximate amount 

 of manure produced : 



A. To 12 months old: 



To winter feed of 1.39 cows $ 6.81 



To summer pasture of 1.39 cows 3 . 89 



To summer pasture of calf - 1 . 40 



To 7 per cent interest on 1.39 cows at $30 per head. . 2.92 

 To 7 per cent interest on 1-25 of a bull worth $150 . . .42 

 To annual depreciation in value of 1.39 cows at $1.50 . . 2 . 09 



To pro rata depreciation of herd bull 80 



To taxes, insurance, fencing and repairs 86 



To 4 per cent mortality 1.20 



$20.39 



