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To freight, yardage, commission, insurance, etc., 12 calves, at 



$2,175 per head $26. 10 



Total expenditures 4S6. 64 



By sale of 10 calves — 6,130 pounds, at $7.25 per hundredweight 444. 42 



By sale of 2 calves — 1,200 pounds, at $6.50 per hundredweight 78. 00 



Total by sale of 12 calves 522. 42 



Total profit on lot 2 35. 78 



Average profit per calf 2. 98 



Lot 3. Cottonseed meal one-third, corn-and-cob meal two-thirds, cotton- 

 seed hulls, corn silage, alfalfa hay: 



To 14 calves — 6,111 pounds, at $5 per hundredweight 305. 55 



To 3,756 pounds cottonseed meal, at $23.50 per ton 44. 13 



To 7,141 pounds corn-and-cob meal, at 70 cents per bushel 71. 41 



To 10,512 pounds cottonseed hulls, at $6.50 per ton 34. 16 



To 23,922 pounds corn silage, at $3 per ton 35. 88 



To 6,897 pounds alfalfa hay, at $15 per ton 51. 73 



To freight, yardage, commission, insurance, etc., 14 calves, at 



$2,175 per head 30. 45 



Total expenditures 573. 31 



By sale of 12 calves — 7,600 pounds, at $7.25 per hundredweight 551. 00 



By sale of 2 calves — 1.100 pounds, at $6.50 per hundredweight 72. 15 



Total by sale of 14 calves 623. 15 



Total profit on lot 3 49. 84 



Average profit per calf r 3. 56 



The calves of lot 1 were finished somewhat better and a little more 

 uniformly than those of either of the other lots. The calves of lots 

 2 and 3 showed lack of finish due to the small grain ration fed. This 

 was reflected in the selling price of the animals, for all calves of lot 

 1 sold for $7.25 per hundred straight through, whereas there were 

 two calves in each of the other lots which brought but $6.50 per 100 

 pounds, and all the others brought $7.25 per hundredweight. 



Table 14 shows that no charge is made for the labor of feeding 

 the calves, which was small, nor is any credit given the calves for the 

 manure produced, nor for pork produced in lots 2 and 3. By this 

 method the calves of lot 1 showed a net profit of $5.67 per head; those 

 of lot 2, $2.98 ; and the ones of lot 3, $3.56 each. 



When no pork credit is allowed for lots 2 and 3, and it would 

 have been small because of the light corn ration, it is seen that the 

 calves of lot 1 were more profitable than those of the other lots. This 

 is partly clue to the very cheap price of cottonseed meal' at that time 

 (due to the outbreak of the war) and the comparatively high price 

 of corn charged on the farm where it was grown. It was estimated 

 that the corn was produced at a cost not to exceed 40 cents per bushel, 

 and if it had been sold it would not have brought the farmer more 



