ALFALFA FOR CATTLE FEEDING. 



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injured in curing. With, good alfalfa hay the results 

 would have been more favorable to alfalfa feeding. 

 The average weekly gain of these steers was as 

 follows : 



Lot 1— Fed beet pulp, hay and ground corn (maize) 19.0 lbs. 



Lot 2— Fed hay and ground corn 12.6 lbs. 



Lot 3— Fed beet pulp and hay 13.1 lbs. 



Lot 4— Fed alfalta hay only 10.6 lbs. 



It will be noted that the gain was only 2.1 pounds 

 greater when eorn was fed than when alfalfa was 

 fed alone. The cattle were fatter however and thus 

 brought more money per pound in the market. 



AVERAGE AMOUNT FEED REQUIRED FOR ONE POUND OF GAIN, 

 AND COST OF THE SAME. 



Here is given the data showing the amounts of the various 

 kinds of feed required to produce a pound of Uve weight gain on 

 a rather rough bunch of steers rising three years old. From this 

 table it will be seen that in case of Lot IV it required 28.29 lbs. 

 of alfalfa hay, below the average in quality, to produce one pound 

 of gain. With an average lot of good feeding steers, and alfalfa 

 hay of good feeding quality, the indications are that one pound 

 of gain would be produced for each 25 lbs. of alfalfa hay on 

 the average. 



Weight at beginning of experiment (lbs.) 



Value at 3 cents per pound 



Cost entire period, 100 days 



Cost of feed for 100 lbs. gain 



Cost of labor In feeding 



Weight finished steer at f eedlots ( lbs. ) . . . 



Sale weight of steer at Denver (lbs.) 



Shrinkage in shipping (lbs.) 



Selling price per 100 lbs 



Value at selling price 



Cost of marketing 



Net profits 



Lotl. 



951 



$28.53 



J12.95 



$4.60 



$3.25 



1,214 



1,167 



67 



$6.15 



$59.68 



$2.16 



$12.70 



Lot 2. 



$29.04 



$13.44 



$7.63 



$3.25 



1,144 



1,088 



66 



$6.06 



$55.06 



$2.16 



$7.16 



Lots. 



941 



$28.23 



$7.90 



$4.29 



$3.25 



1,125 



1,060 



75 



$5.00 



$62.26 



$2.16 



$10.97 



Lot 4. 



968 



$29.04 



$10.39 



$7.04 



$3.25 



1,115 



1,062 



53 



$4.73 



$50.25 



$2.15 



$5.44 



