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BULLETIN NO. 58. 



-COST OF FEEDING. 



Considering, next, the cost of feeding, we find that on the 

 s average it cost 10.63 cents per day to feed each steer. The range 

 for the different lots was from 10.4 cents per day for the oat and 

 txarley ration to 11.09 cents per day for the wheat ration. As noted 

 in other publications the cost is not always a true test of the feeding 

 value of any grain ; the amount of food required for each pound 

 of gain being a much more correct test upon which to base con- 

 clusions. The wheat ration in this respect is the most costly be- 

 cause of the greater value of the wheat, which was $1.25 per 

 hundred pounds, compared with $1.00 per hundred pounds for the 

 other grains. 



The cost for each pound of gain was 4.94 cents, or nearly 5 

 cents. The range was from 4.56 cents, or about 4^ cents, up to 

 5 1-3 cents for each pound of gain. The mixed grain ration was 

 the least costly. Next follows the barley ration, the oat and 

 wheat rations being the most expensive. The cheapest gains 

 \vere made (Hiring the first period, when the light grain ration was 

 fed. The next to the cheapest gains were made during the 4th 

 period, when a mixed grain ration was fed. 



TABLE No. V. A Comparison of the Cost of Producing one Pound of Gain 

 During 1903 and 1904. 



Table No. 5 makes a comparison of the cost of feeding, both 

 for the test period and for the whole time of the experiment, for 

 two years, viz: 10.03 and 1904. It will be noticed tiiv: 'lining 

 1903, for the test period, the cheapest gains were made by the 

 wheat ration. But that year the wheat was worth less than it was 



