STEER FEEDING IN THE SUGAR-CANE BELT 
Table 5. — Weights and gains of steers 
11 
Lot 
No. 
Silage fed 
Season 
Initial 
weight 
per steer 
Final 
weight 
per steer 
Total 
gain 
Daily 
gain 
1 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
1918-19 
Pounds 
765 
754 
738 
860 
Pounds 
940 
952 
985 
1,074 
Pounds 
175 
198 
247 
214 
Pounds 
1.75 
1.98 
2.74 
2.38 
774 
978 
204 
2.13 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
1918-19 

762 
743 
747 
864 
971 
959 
959 
1,107 
209 
216 
212 
243 
2.09 
2.16 
2.36 
2.70 
773 
991 
218 
2.28 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1917-18 
1918-19 
3 
774 
749 
761 
867 
981 
939 
947 
1,033 
207 
190 
186 
166 
2.07 
1.90 
2.07 
1.84 
783 
974 
191 
1.99 
1917-18 
1918-19 
4 
743 
871 
918 
1,110 
175 
239 
1.94 
2.66 
800 
1,003 
203 
2.26 
1915-16 
1915-16 
1915-16 
1916-17 
1918-19 
5 
769 
978 
209 
2.09 
6 
762 
958 
196 
1.96 
7 
775 
750 
872 
924 
887 
980 
149 
137 
108 
1.49 
1.37 
1.20 
791 
927 
136 
1.39 
1916-17 
1918-19 
8 
750 
856 
900 
1,007 
150 
152 
1.50 
1.68 
797 
948 
151 
1.58 
Japanese-cane silage '... 
1916-17 
1917-18 
1918-19 
9 
746 
758 
857 
910 
905 
965 
164 
147 
108 
1.64 
1.63 
1.20 
782 
924 
142 
1.52 
10 
1917-18 
737 
889 
152 
1.69 
FINANCIAL RESULTS 
Table 5 gives the production in terms of feed consumed per 100 
pounds of gain, and Table 7 gives the cost in dollars and cents when 
these feeds are valued according to Table 6. The prices given for 
the cottonseed meal and molasses were the actual cost of the feed 
at the farm. The various kinds of silage were given the same 
valuation, since there was no satisfactory means of establishing 
market prices for such home-grown feeds. The valuation used was 
based on the estimated value of the corn grain in a ton of the corn 
silage plus $1 a ton for the forage and cost of harvesting. How- 
ever, some of the silage fed the other lots cost much less than the 
corn silage fed to lot 1. Wherever the prices of feeds are different 
from the prices used in these calculations it is suggested that they 
be used with the total quantities of the different feeds consumed 
per steer, as given in Table 3, as a basis for determining the most 
economical ration. No account is taken of costs other than feed, 
