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at £1/8/10 per ton in the fall, and the hay £2/13/6 per ton for 

 alfalfa and £1/8/10 per ton for the prairie hay. The quantities 

 used of each made the cost of the hay approximately £2/1/2 

 per ton. The barn was well lighted and ventilated, and water 

 and salt were available at all times. 



The price realised was 4d. per lb., with a cut of ^d. per lb. 

 on the fifteen light calves, and 5- per cent shrinkage on the 

 whole, as they were weighed out of the barn. This figured out 

 as follows : — 



Cost. 

 44 calves, total weight 21,404 lbs. £264 4 11 



54,068 lbs. oat sheaves 38 18 9 



43,680 lbs. hay 44 18 9 



33,859 lbs. chop 104 10 



6903 lbs. bran '. 16 6 8 



£468 19 1 

 Returns. 



29 calves, 24.285 lbs. at 4d £424 14 9 



15 calves, 10,595 lbs. at 3|d 163 10 



£588 4 9 

 Less 5 per cent shrinkage on 



34,880 lbs 29 8 3 



£558 16 6 

 Deduct cost as above . 468 19 1 



Net profit £89 17 5 



Cost per lb. of gain, 3|d. 



The calves were purchased and were weighed out on the 6th 

 of May, having been 164 days on feed. Forty-four head 

 weighed a total of 34,880 lbs., an average of over 702 lbs. The 

 gain made by each calf averaged about 305 lbs. for the period. 

 A lot of eight Herefords made the largest gains during the 

 feeding. On 6th May this lot, averaging just under twelve 

 months of age, weighed 950 lbs. each. Another lot of fifteen, 

 averaging in age under eleven months, weighed 798 lbs. each ; 

 a third lot of six head of the same age, 786 lbs. ; and a pen of 

 fifteen of the youngest calves 706 lbs. 



This out-turn shows a net profit of nearly £2/1/2 per head. 

 Considering feed prices this year, this may be considered a 

 very fair return. Under ordinary conditions, with grain worth 

 about 3/1 per cwt. instead of 6/2, with hay at least 8/2f per 



