22 BULLETIN" 110, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Financial statement. 



1910. 



Lot A, pasture alone: 



To 25 steers, 13,608 pounds, at $2.95 per hundredweight $401. 44 



To pasture, at 50 cents per steer per month 52. 75 



Total expenditure 454. 19 



By sale of 25 steers, 18,414 pounds, at $3 .50 per hundredweight $625. 24 



Total profit on lot 171. 05 



Average profit on each steer 6. 84 



Lot B, pasture and cottonseed cake: 



To 34 steers, 19,586 pounds, at $2.95 per hundredweight 577. 79 



To pasture, at 50 cents per steer per month 71. 74 



To 13,976 pounds of cottonseed cake, at $26 per ton 181. 69 



Total expenditure 831. 22 



By sale of 34 steers, 27,514 pounds, at $4.25 per hundredweight 1, 134. 27 



Total profit on lot 302. 95 



Average profit on each steer 8.91 



Lot G, pasture, cottonseed cake, and alfalfa hay: 



To 25 steers, 14,069 pounds, at $2.95 per hundredweight 415. 04 



To pasture, at 50 cents per steer per month 51. 75 



To 10,264 pounds of cottonseed cake, at $26 per ton 133. 43 



To 6,715 pounds of alfalfa hay, at $16 per ton 53. 72 



Total expenditure 653. 94 



By sale of 25 steers, 19,571 pounds, at $4 per hundredweight 759. 36 



Total profit on lot 104. 42 



Average profit on each steer 4. 18 



1911. 



Lot A, pasture alone: 



To 25 steers, 14,078 pounds, at $2.50 per hundredweight $492. 73 



To pasture, at 50 cents per steer per month 63. 00 



Total expenditure 555. 73 



By sale of 25 steers, 20,255 pounds, at $3.50 per hundredweight 687.66 



Total profit on lot 131. 93 



Average profit on each steer 5.28 



Lot B, pasture and cottonseed cake: 



To 25 steers, 14,123 pounds, at $3.50 per hundredweight 494. 31 



To 12,614 pounds of cottonseed cake, at $26 per ton 163. 98 



To pasture, at 50 cents per steer per month 63. 00 



Total expenditure 721. 29 



By sale of 25 steers, 20,128 pounds, at $4.50 per hundredweight 878. 59 



Total profit on lot 157. 30 



Average profit on each steer 6.29 



Satisfactory profits were made in every experiment and on every 

 lot, but greater profits were made on some lots than on others. The 

 financial results, as a whole, are in keeping with the results obtained 



