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Table 14. — Financial statement, 1914-15. 



Lot 1-a. Wintered on ear corn, stover, and hay ; finished on pasture : 



To 12 steers, 8,750 pounds, at $6 per cwt $525. 00 



To wintering 12 steers, 131 days, at $12.75 each 153. 00 



To pasture charges, 140 days, at $1 per 28 days 60. 00 



Total expenditures 738. 00 



By sale of 12 steers, 13,640 pounds, at $7 954. 80 



By value of 12 tons manure, at $2 per ton 24. 00 



Total receipts 978. 80 



Total profit, including manure 240. 80 



Total profit, not including manure 216. 80 



Average profit per head, including manure 20. 06 



Average profit per head, not including manure 18. 06 



Lot 1-b. Wintered on ear corn, corn stover, and hay. Summer fat- 

 tened on grass and cottonseed cake: 



To 12 steers, 9,420 pounds, at $6 per cwt 565. 20 



To wintering 12 steers, 131 days, at $12.75 each 153. 00 



To pasture charges, 127 days, at $1 per 28 days 54. 48 



To 6,360 pounds cottonseed cake, at $25 per ton 79. 50 



Total expenditures 852. 18 



By sale of 12 steers, 13,030 pounds, at $7.75 1, 009. 82 



By value of 12 tons of manure, at $2 per ton : 24. 00 



Total receipts 1, 033. 82 



Total profit, including manure 181. 64 



Total profit, not including manure 157. 64 



Average profit per head,- including manure 15. 13 



Average profit per head, not including manure 13. 13 



Lot 2-a. Wintered on corn silage, stover, and hay. Fattened on pas- 

 ture alone: 



To 12 steers, 8,850 pounds, at $6 per cwt $531. 00 



To wintering 12 steers, 131 days, at $7.58 each 90. 96 



To pasture, 140 days, at $1 per 28 days 60. 00 



Total expenditures l 681. 96 



By sale of 12 steers, 12,880 pounds, at $7 901. 60 



By value of 12 tons of manure, at $2 per ton '. 24. 00 



Total receipts 925. 60 



Total profit, including manure 243. 64 



Total profit, not including manure . 219. 64 



Average profit per head, including manure 20. 30 



Average profit per head, not including manure 18. 30 



