BULLEXIX oOi, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGKICULTUEE. 

 ' Table I. — Data on cost of producing baby beef. 



Farm No. 



Profit )3er 



Weight 



Value per 



Total value 



of feed per 



head. 



Cost per 

 head at 



Date of sale 



head.i 



per head. 



hundred- 



weaning 



(months) .2 









. weight. 





time. 









Pounds. 











1 



+S12.n7 



785 



S8.35 



$31. 49 



523 12 



8.7 



2 



- 22.98 



750 



7.75 



29.62 



46! 33 



6.3 



3 



+ 2. 79 



690 



7.20 



20.90 



30.94 



2.6 



4 



+ 6.07 



820 



8.00 



30.00 



30.02 



6.4 



5 



- 14.05 



852 



7.52 



31.88 



44.15 



12.7 



6 



- 9.93 



1,000 



9.75 



37.47 



64.34 



12.3 



7 



+ 13.68 



825 



8.50 



32.68 



25.76 



8.8 



8 



+ 15.15 



825 



8.50 



23.04 



32. 64 



8.8 



9 



+ 27. 42 



800 



9.50 



31.06 



18.01 



8.5 



10 



- 8.92 



875 



9.75 



59.10 



33.92 



8.8 



11 



- 10.09 



922 



10.14 



70.52 



40.20 



9.9 



12 



+ 18.75 



810 



9.30 



30. 25 



28.08 



9.0 



13 



- 7.07 



1,080 



9.75 



71.01 



38.62 



8.9 



14 



+ 1.3.53 



1,04S 



10.11 



47.43 



39.83 



10.0 



15 



+ 38. 15 



1,012 



10.35 



49.47 



20.47 



10.9 



16 



+ 9.a3 



1,000 



9.75 



40.56 



42.89 



10.0 



17 



+ 19.05 



807 



9.70 



33. 58 



28. 43 



4.3 



IS 



- 5.73 



915 



9.10 



38.41 



51.36 



8.0 



19 



- 2.39 



910 



9.15 



45. 48 



42.17 



5.0 



20 



+ 10.93 



890 



9.70 



48.95 



25. 86 



8.2 



21 



+ 9.67 



876 



9.40 



23.91 



43.98 



8.7 



22 



- 3.65 



988 



8.75 



43.95 



38.52 



12.2 



23 



+ 49.37 



1,050 



9.75 



27. 08 



27.74 



10.3 



24 



- 7.28 



798 



8.25 



42.84 



30.09 



8.0 



25 



- 43.00 



675 



8.00 



44.71 



50. 80 



6.6 



26 



+ 5.65 



689 



7.75 



23.39 



24.61 



5.5 



27 



+ 0.59 



860 



■ 10.00 



49.74 



35.85 



7.5 



28 



- 7.71 



746 



8.00 



26.53 



40. 30 



6.7 



29 



- 2.78 



850 



8.90 



33.35 



43.46 



6.5 



30 



- 1.36 



890 



7.30 



20.33 



49.80 



3.5 



31 



+ 6.76 



859 



8.15 



27.73 



30.89 



4.D 



32 



+ 7.91 



765 



8.10 



21.02 



30.83 



6.0 



33 



+ 18.07 



744 



9.48 



34.95 



19.51 



7.2 



34 



+ 1.33 



700 



9.00 



31.61 



28.25 



5.0 



35 



- 32.63 



740 



9.25 



45. 72 



49.76 



5.9 



36 



+ 12.97 



800 



9.00 



31.00 



26.57 



6.5 



37 



+ 11.15 



800 



7.30 



17.96 



27.11 



2.7 



38 



- 43.71 



740 



8.50 



20.12 



85.66 



5.0 



39 



+ 18.15 



700 



7.75 



9.38 



24.78 



3.8 



4o 



- 9.86 



785 



8.25 



33.70 



38.73 



8.8 



41 



+ 2.18 



656 



8.14 



21.90 



30.09 



4.9 



42 



+ 23.99 



925 



8.60 



26. 75 



28. 55 



5.9 



43 



- 22.97 



766 



8.40 



54.46 



3.5.09 



6.9 



44 



- 12.73 



750 



8.50 



18.02 



54.33 



7.0 



45 



+ 11.80 



805 



8.00 



20.76 



34.62 



5.0 



46 



- 22.90 



924 



9.85 



57.59 



56.63 



8.0 



47 



+ 0.27 



800 



9.25 



48.53 



28.97 



7.6 



48 



+ 5.37 



800 



8.25 



29.79 



29.03 



5.7 



49 



+ 5.33 



862 



10.20 



49.77 



30.90 



10.7 



50 



+ 2.82 



800 



9.00 



24.81 



42.86 



7.0 



51 



+ 16.68 



840 



10.00 



45.54 



19. .54 



8.0 



52 



- 7.07 



840 



9.25 



41.09 



37.53 



7.7 



53 



- 3.09 



650 



7.50 



12. 28 



41.66 



3.0 



54 



- 24.04 



775 



8.40 



39.86 



47.90 



6.0 



53 



- 10.45 



741 



8.50 



29.04 



45. 68 



6.0 



56 



+ 2.8:j 



768 



7.20 



24.53 



29.02 



6.0 



57 



- 0.09 



1,060 



8.30 



47.10 



45.41 



3.0 



58 



+ 3.88 



900 



8.95 



37.02 



42.27 



6.0 



59 



- 6.42 



793 



9.60 



56.46 



27.69 



8.5 



fJO 



- 8.37 



855 



8.55 



42.40 



40.51 



5.5 



61 



- 27.61 



850 



8.05 



43.83 



51.29 



6.0 



62 



4- 1.64 



915 



8.55 



34.41 



39.39 



6.2 



63 



- 0.18 



811 



8.60 



37.13 



32.90 



8.9 



64 



- 1.00 



775 



8.20 



18.30 



43. 72 



5.0 



65 



+ 8.00 



742 



8.25 



17.39 



34. 85 



6.9 



66 



+ 5.55 



827 



8. ,50 



22. 30 



42.05 



7.3 



67 

 Average.. 



+ 21.73 



950 



9.50 



33.64 



32.09 



12.0 



+ 0.78 



834 



8.76 



35.02 



37.01 



7.2 



1 A plus sign before the quantitj^ in this oolumn indicates a gain; a minus sign, a loss. 

 ' In order to facilitate computation, the dates have been expressed in months and decimals of a month 

 after Jan. 1; i. e., 8.7 indicates Aug. 20, 21, or 22; 6.3 indicates June 8, 9, or 10, etc. 



