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BULLETIN 397, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



the yearly gains produced. From this total gain must be deducted the 

 cost of wintering, in order to find the net returns for the pasture. The 

 data secured from a number of farmers in Virginia, West Virginia, and 

 Kentucky are given in Table I. The cost of wintering is based on 

 estimates of the forage fed, which are as accurate as it is possible to 

 obtain from farmers who, as a rule, feed unweighed and unmeasured 

 forage and grain. These pasture fields were among the best in 

 the localities visited (fig. 10) and do not at all represent average 

 conditions for any large area. It does not seem possible to add any- 

 thing to our knowledge of the value of pastures by averaging with 

 these good grazing lands steep, wooded mountain sides or fields two- 

 thirds of the surface of which is covered with rock. 



The values assigned in Table I are 7 cents a pound as the purchase 

 price of stockers, 8 cents as the selling price, S4 a ton for silage, 

 60 cents a bushel for corn, SI 2 a ton for hay, S6 a ton for corn stover, 

 and $4 a ton for straw. It is thought that these represent fair average 

 farm values. 



Table I.- 



-Results of grazing on 22 hluegrass pastures, consisting of 4,237 acres, with 

 1,328 head of cattle. 



l^astnre. 



o 



a 



Average data per steer. 



ft 



£ 



o3 



Feed during wonter. 



Cost of 

 wintering. 



ft 



No. 



i 



•< 



3 





ft 

 g 



1 



6 

 1 

 1 



-< 



Price per 

 acre of pas- 

 ture at the 

 given rate 

 per poiind . 





 a 





a3 



i 



S 



6 



ft 

 







£ 







00 



c g 

 m 





1 



Acres. 



90 

 200 

 175 

 220 



68 



65 



70 

 103 

 600 



90 



80 

 265 

 350 



50 

 315 



70 

 775 

 225 

 100 



50 

 180 



96 



so 



50 

 45 

 50 

 20 

 20 

 35 

 30 



200 

 20 

 22 

 60 



150 

 19 

 90 

 24 



240 

 75 

 18 

 20 

 60 

 30 



Lhs. 



1,135 



1,100 



1,060 



1,000 



1,016 



700 



750 



600 



650 



900 



777 



850 



650 



750 



850 



1,100 



950 



1,150 



1,050 



450 



980 



1,065 



Lhs. 

 400 

 400 

 422 

 522 

 390 

 375 

 350 

 350 

 300 

 500 

 350 

 300 

 350 

 300 

 408 

 350 

 425 

 400 

 400 

 300 

 520 

 450 



Lbs. 

 222 

 100 

 108 

 119 

 115 

 115 

 175 

 102 

 100 

 111 

 96 

 68 

 150 

 114 

 117 

 120 

 132 

 133 

 72 

 120 

 173 

 141 



1.80 

 4.00 

 3.88 

 4.40 

 3.40 

 3.25 

 2.00 

 3.43 

 3.00 

 4.50 

 3.63 

 4.41 

 2,33 

 2.63 

 3.50 

 2.92 

 3.23 

 3.00 

 5.55 

 2.50 

 3.00 

 3.20 



$44. 14 

 19.25 



.19.08 

 15.99 

 20.92 

 15.23 

 26.25 

 12.23 

 15.17 

 14.00 

 14.92 

 13.47 

 19.30 

 19.75 

 17.32 

 26.40 

 20.59 

 26.83 

 13.23 

 12. 60 

 22.87 

 23. 30 



$68.22 

 30.00 

 30.49 

 27.67 

 33.08 

 26.46 

 44.00 

 22.13 

 25.34 

 24.89 

 24.75 

 20.83 

 34.29 

 31.92 

 28. 76 

 39.77 

 34.06 

 41.33 

 20.88 

 24.00 

 40.00 

 37.87 



$24.08 

 10.75 

 11.41 

 11.68 

 12.16 

 11.23 

 17.75 



9.90 

 10.17 

 10.89 



9.83 



7.36 

 14.99 

 12.17 

 11.44 

 13.37 

 13.47 

 14.50 



7.65 

 11.40 

 17.13 

 14.57 



Bu. 

 400 

 400 



Tons. 

 44 



Tons. 

 22 

 22 

 20 



Tons . 



$18.00 



18.00 



18.13 



30.00 



9.70 



8.90 



12.00 



8.53 



8.00 



12.00 



15.73 



8.33 



8.80 



8.21 



10.00 



10.80 



6.58 



19.40 



30.83 



7.50 



25.50 



11.87 



$10.00 

 4.50 

 4.66 

 6.82 

 2.85 

 2.74 

 6.00 

 2.48 

 2.66 

 2.66 

 4.33 

 1.88 

 3.77 

 3.12 

 2.85 

 3.69 

 2.04 

 6.47 

 5.55 

 3.00 

 8.50 

 3.71 



$14. 08 



2 . . 



6.25 



3 



360 40 



6.75 



4 





125 



4.46 



5 



24 

 15 



12* 

 10' 



9.31 









4 

 35 



8.49 





11.75 



8 



32 



200 



20 



30 



60 



110 



20 



80 



24 



190 



50 



25 



15 



60 



16 

 100 



"25' 

 35 

 75 

 9 

 40 



"iio' 



15 



""is' 

 "9' 



7.42 



9 







7.51 



10 



11 



12 



100 

 110 



5 



8.23 

 5.50 

 5.48 



13 





30 



11.22 



14 



9.05 



15 



'"i92 



165 



8.59 



16.. 



9.68 



17 



11.43 



18 



1,125 

 675 



35 



8.03 



19 



2.10 



20 



8.40 



21 



1,350 



30 



180 



8.63 



22. 



10.86 







Average.. 



193 



60.4 





386 



121 



3.19 



19.00 



31.41 



12.40 











12.13 



3.80 



8.60 













> Silage (tons). 



