Factors in Steer Feeding. 



371 



Bnbstance are required for eacli poimd of increase, live weight, 

 with fattening steers. The feeding trials at many of our Stations 

 have usually covered only short periods, and these, as we have 

 seen, are favorable to heavy gains for feed consumed. This being 

 true, the figures given by Lawes and Gilbert should hold standard 

 for the present at least. 



568. Cost of 100 pounds gain with fattening steers. — The cost 

 of the gain made by steers will vary according to the section of 

 country in which the feeding is carried on. In the statements 

 which follow, the current market prices for feed at the point of 

 feeding are used. 



At the Massachusetts Station ' the cost of feed for each 100 

 pounds increase, live weight, of steers was found to be $10.58. 

 This high cost is representative of conditions prevailing in the 

 Eastern States, where feeding stuffs are much higher priced than 

 in the great agricultural districts of the West. (8(2) 



At the Kansas Station, with 20 range steers three years old 

 past, fed for 182 days, Georgeson' secured the results shown in 

 the following table: 



Amount of feed and cost of same for 100 pounds of gain with range 

 steers fed six months — Kansas Station. 



Feed given. 



Cost of 



food per 



head 



DaUy 



gain per 



head, 



Grain in 



182 days 



per 



head. 



Grain 



for 



100 lbs. 



gain. 



Hay or 



stover 



for 100 



lbs. 



gain. 



Cost for 



100 lbs. 



gain. 



LotL 



Com meal, oil meal, 



shorts, bran and 



tame hay 



Lot II. 



Com meal, stover.. 

 Lot III. 

 Bar com, stover, 

 fed in bam 



Lotrv. 



Bar com, stover, 

 fed in yard 



1 Rept. 1894. 

 » Bui. 34. 



$31.00 

 21.11 



20.85 



25.20 



Lbs. 



2.4 



1.47 



1.56 

 1.72 



Lbs. 



436 



268 



284 

 313 



Lbs. 



1,000 

 1,334 



1,410 



1,556 



Lbs. 



320 

 350 



470 



280 



$7.11 

 7.87 



7.34 



8.06 



