56 BEEF PRODUCTION 



the quality and proportion of grain to stover should be 

 the same in each instance. Of the total crop 56.6 per 

 cent was grain and 43.4 per cent stover. 



Taking into account depreciation in machinery 

 by wear and the actual labor involved, the records 

 show that it cost the following amounts to prepare the 

 feeds used : 



Per ton. 



Shelling corn $ .34 



Grinding corn for cornmeal 1.20 



Grinding ear corn for corn and cob meal 1.44 



With corn at 35c. per bushel — 



Broken ear corn cost $10 20 



Shelled corn 12.48 



Cornmeal 13.34 



Corn and cob meal 11.44 



Shock corn, including cost of hauling to feed lots. . . 5.40 

 Silage, including cost of putting up 2.75 



Good average daily gains were made with corn fed 

 in all the various forms, although shelled corn and shock 

 corn did not equal other forms. The average daily 

 gain per steer for the six-months' feeding period was as 

 follows: Silage and cornmeal, 2.34 pounds; broken ear 

 corn, 2.33 pounds; cornmeal, 2.38 pounds; corn and 

 cob meal, 2.32 pounds; shock corn, 2.08 pounds; and 

 for shelled corn, 1.99 pounds. 



The lots fed corn in various forms were fed for the 

 same length of time and marketed in Chicago on the 

 same day, at which time they were sold at the following 

 prices per cwt.: Silage and cornmeal lot, $6.10; broken 

 ear corn, $6.15; cornmeal, $6.15; corn and cob meal, 

 $6.10; shock corn, $6.05; and the shelled corn lot for 

 $6.05. The feeding cattle at the beginning of the test 

 cost $4.53 per cwt. in the feed lots and graded as choice. 



To illustrate what an important item the labor 

 element is in the preparation of cattle feeds it may be 

 stated that the net cost of a pound of gain on the steers 

 was in each instance as follows: Silage and cornmeal 



