FATTENING OF STEERS IX XOETH CAKOLIXA. 



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$1.75, making the total farm value of the silage S8.50. The prices 

 of $1.50 per head for 28 days for pasture and $50 per ton for cotton- 

 seed cake are applicable t > local conditions, and are practically in 

 proportion to the prices takt n from the Yearbook. The actual costs 

 and selling prices of the steers are used in determining the corre- 

 sponding averages. 



The average prices used for the feeds and the cattle are as follows: 



Ear corn, $1.40 per bushel. 



Corn silage, $8.50 per ton. 



Hay, S20 per ton. 



Corn stover and straw, $10. 



Corn stover, hay, and straw, $13.33 per ton. 



Pasture, $1.50 per head per 28 days. 



Initial cost of the steers, $7,833 per hundredweight. 



Selling price, $10,166 per hundredweight. 



If the prices of feed are relatively different in any locality where the 

 results of this bulletin are being applied, it is suggested that they be 

 substituted, using the Cjuantities of feed in Table 2, page 8, as a basis 

 for the calculations and the following tables as a guide for making 

 various comparisons. Lot 5 is disregarded throughout the discussion 

 because it represents the results of only one year's work. 



AVERAGE COST OF WINTERING. 



Table 6 shows the loss of weight and average cost of wintering each 

 steer, the cost in spring per hundredweight, and the advance in spring 

 cost over the initial cost per hundredweight. 



Table 6. — Cost of xvintering and spring costs per hundredweight. 



Lot 

 No. 



Ration. 



Year. 



Loss per 

 steer. 



Cost to 



winter 



per 



steer. 



Cost in 

 spring 

 per cwt. 



Advance 

 in spring 

 cost over 

 initial 

 cost per 

 cwt. 



1 



Mixed hay 



1916-17 

 1917-lS 

 1918-19 



Pounds. 

 35 

 52 

 04 



$15.54 



14. 2S 



15. 96 



$10. 24 

 10.35 

 10. 81 



S2. 41 





Average 



2.52 

 2.98 





50 



15.27 



10.46 



2.63 





Corn silage . . 



1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 





o 



52 

 3 



64 



18. 32 

 13.40 

 14.02 



10.94 

 9.67 

 10.48 



3.11 





Average 



1.84 

 2.65 





40 



15. 25 



10. 36 



2.53 





Corn silage, stover, and straw 



1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 





■^ 



76 

 72 



si) 



12. 89 

 11.97 

 12. 06 



10.48 

 10.41 

 10.59 



2.65 





.'V verage 



2.58 

 2.76 





79 



12. 27 



10.49 



2.66 







1916-17 

 1917-18 

 1918-19 





4 



18 

 9 



68 



8.65 

 8. 45 

 8.06 



9. 15 

 9.09 

 9.74 



1.32 







1.26 

 1.91 





29 



8.3S 



9.30 



1.47 







1918-19 





s 



64 



10. OS 



10.01 



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