BEEF CATTLE IN" NORTH CAROLINA. 



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Table 4. — Cost of wintering ; fall and spring prices. 



1913-14. 



Lot 



No. 



Number 



Number 



of 



of days 



steers. 



wintered. 



25 



128 



25 



128 



35 



123 



17 



112 



Ration. 



Ear corn, corn stover, and hay 



Corn silage , corn stover, and hay 



do 



Pasture 



1914-15. 



Ear corn, corn stover, hay, and straw. . . 

 Corn silage, corn stover, hay, and straw 



do 



Pasture 



1915-16. 



Ear corn, corn stover, hay, and straw . . 

 Corn silage, corn stover, hay, and straw 



do 



Pasture 



Fall 

 cost 

 per 



cwt. 



85.50 

 5.50 

 5.00 

 4.50 



Cost to 

 feed each 



steer 

 through 

 winter. 



10.10 

 6.97 

 6.06 

 4.66 



Spring 

 cost 

 per 

 cwt. 



S7.07 

 7.17 

 6.73 

 5.23 



24 



131 



24 



131 



31 



131 



26 



131 



§6.00 



812. 20 



6.00 



7.58 



6.00 



7.45 



6.00 



6.29 



87.96 

 7.30 

 7.43 

 6.70 



24 



119 



24 



119 



33 



119 



16 



119 



86.00 



$11. 08 



6.00 



6.78 



6.00 



6.78 



6.00 



5.23 



7.22 

 7.25 



Feeds were charged for the three years at the following average 

 prices : 



Ear corn $0. 83 per bushel. 



Cottonseed cake 30. 00 per ton. 



Corn silage 3. 00 per ton. 



Hay 15. 00 per ton. - 



Corn stover and hay .10. 00 per ton. 



Corn stover, hay, and straw 10. 00 per ton. 



Pasture _ 1. 00 per head per 28-day period. 



In 1913-14 the cattle in Lot 1 cost $5.50 per hundredweight in the 

 fall. It cost $10.10 per steer to winter on ear corn, corn stover, and 

 hay, making the cattle cost $7.07 per hundredweight in the spring. 



The silage cattle in Lot 2 cost $5.50 per hundredweight in the fall 

 and it cost $6.97 per steer to winter them, or $3.13 per steer less than 

 Lot 1, but the cattle in Lot 2 lost heavily during the winter. The 

 cost per hundredweight for Lot 2 in the spring was $7.17, or 10 cents 

 per hundredweight more than those in Lot 1. The cattle in Lot 3, 

 wintered on the same kind of feeds as those in Lot 2, cost $6.06 per 

 steer to winter, the cost in the spring being $6.73 per hundredweight. 

 The initial cost of these cattle was 50 cents per hundredweight less 

 than those in Lots 1 and 2, as they were lighter cattle. There was 

 very little difference in the spring prices per hundredweight in the 

 cattle in Lots 2 and 3. 



The winter-grazed cattle (Lot 4) made a gain during the winter, 

 while all the cattle in the barns lost weight. It cost $4.66 to winter 



