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SUMMARY OF COST OF ABOVE DAILY FODDER RATIONS USED. 



Second Winter Season, 1890-1891. 



I. 



Total cost, 16.78 



Mauurial value obt'ble, 9.93 

 Net cost, 6.85 



Taking the selling price of dressed beef at 3| cents per pound, it 

 follows that to cover the daily expenses for feed consumed in the 

 form of the above specified six daily fodder rations, the following 

 rate of daily increase in pounds of live weight becomes necessary. 



Gaiyi Required per day in Pounds of Live Weight to Cover 

 Expenses for Feed. 



The subsequent detailed record of each steer on trial shows to what 

 extent each of the previously specified fodder rations have realized the 

 required increase in live weight. 



