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Growing Feeder Steers in \Vextern Nebraska 



TAKLE 20. Cost of steer per 100 Ibs., including purchase price } 

 interest and feed from date of original purchase, December 

 \ to marginal date. 



FALL. 



Lot No. . 



Forage rations. . . . Alfalfa 



Decembers, 1907.. $3.75 



October 31, 1908 .. 3.87 



November 2, 1909. 4.79 



Augusts, 1910.... 5.54 



Lot No. 



SPRING. 



The prices given iii this table are above market values and 

 indicate that the steers put on the market would not have 

 settled their account in full. The cost per 100 Ibs. rose each 

 spring higher than each preceding spring and higher each fall 

 than the preceding fall. This rise is magnified because the 

 steers were being charged more for feed than their market value 

 warranted. However, Tables 24 to 31, inclusive, which give each 

 period without any relation to the other periods, indicate the 

 same, in the main. The gains of the second summer cost more 

 than those of the third summer because of reasons already noted 

 regarding the pasturing season. The low cost of summer gains 

 is due to fast gains on cheap feed. 



