82 STOCK AND FEED PROBLEMS 



EXERCISE 



1. Under normal conditions, what should a calf weighing 

 50 Ib. at birth weigh at the end of 90 da. ? 



2. When milk is worth 20$ per gallon, what is the 

 cost of making a calf that weighs 80 Ib. at birth weigh 

 150 Ib. ? 



3. Which is the better proposition, to keep a young calf 

 for 120 da., feeding it on an average 2^ gal. of fresh milk 

 per day, at 12$ per gal., and then sell it for $18 ; or sell 

 it at birth for $2 and make and sell butter at 20$ per 

 pound from the milk, which contains 4% butter fat, the 

 skim milk and buttermilk paying for the trouble of milking 

 and churning ? 



4. A calf at birth weighs 70 Ib. ; at the end of 60 da. 

 it weighs 220 Ib. What is the per cent of gain for the 

 period ? 



5. If a fat calf dressed is 45% of its live weight, what 

 was the live weight of a calf that when dressed weighed 

 126 Ib. ? 



6. If a beef steer when dressed is 59% of its live weight, 

 what was the live weight of a steer whose dressed weight 

 was 768 Ib. ? 



7. A steer on foot weighed 1325 Ib. ; when dressed it 

 weighed 768^ Ib. The dressed beef was what per cent of 

 its live weight? 



8. According to the tests of an experiment station in 

 pig feeding, a pig when fed for 46 da. a total of 397 Ib. of 

 shelled corn gained 79 Ib. At this rate, how many pounds 

 of corn did it take to produce 100 Ib. of flesh ? 



9. When corn is 50$ per bushel (56 Ib. to the bushel), 

 what does it cost to put 1 Ib. on a pig ? (Use data in 

 problem 8.) 



