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BULLETIX 397. U 
DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 
the yearly gains produced. From this total gain must be deducted the 
cost of wintering, in order to find the net returns for the pasture. The 
data secured from a number of farmers in Virginia, West Virginia, and 
Kentucky are given in Table I. The cost of wintering is based on 
estimates of the forage fed. which are as accurate as it is possible to 
obtain from farmers who. as a rule, feed unweighed and unmeasured 
forage and grain. These pasture fields were among the best in 
the localities visited (fig. 10) and do not at all represent average 
conditions for any large area. It does not seem possible to add any- 
thing to our knowledge of the value of pastures by averaging with 
these good grazing lands steep, wooded mountain sides or fields two- 
thirds of the surface of which is covered with rock. 
The values assigned in Table I are 7 cents a pound as the purchase 
price of stockers. S cents as the selling price, $4 a ton for silage. 
60 cents a bushel for corn. $12 a ton for hay. $6 a ton for corn stover, 
and $4 a ton for straw. It is thought that these represent fair average 
farm values. 
Table I. — Results of grazinq on 22 blueqrass pastures, consisting of 4.237 acres, with 
1,328 head of cattle. 
Pasture. 
Average data per steer. 
No. 
21 
c 3 
Price per 
acre of pas- 
ture at the = 
given rate 'z 
per pound - ft 
Feed during winter. 
Cost of 
wintering. 
- x 
Acres. 
90 
- 
- 
70 
: • 
600 
90 
20 
35 
30 
- 
- 
22 
265 
350 150 
50 19 
315 
: 
" "" 
-- 
: 
> 
Lbs. 
501.135 
50;i,100 
451,060 
501,000 
201,016 
700 
750 
600 
650 
900 
777 
850 
650 
750 
850 
1,100 
950 
1,150 
IS 1,050 
20 450 
98 
301,065 
Lbs 
400 
400 
422 
522 
390 
375 
350 
350 
300 
500 
350 
300 
3-50 
300 
408 
350 
425 
400 
400 
Lbs. 
222 
100 
108 3. 
119 4. 
115 3. 
115 3. 
175 2. 
102 3. 
1003. 
1114. 
963. 
I -4. 
150 2. 
114 2. 
117 3. 
120 2. 
132 3. 
1.3-3 3. 
7. • 
- - 
52 17 
4.50 1413. 
00 
88 
40 
40 
-" 
00 
43 
00 
.50 
14 
41 13. 
33] 19. 
63! 19. 
a 17. 
■ 
13. 
501 12. 
1456? 
25 30. 
OS 30. 
99 27. 
92 33. 
23 26. 
25 44. 
23 22. 
17 25. 
00 24. 
92 24. 
47 20. 
30 34. 
75 31. 
32 2s 
40 39. 
59 34. 
;: 824 
oo; 10. 
49 11. 
>:~ 11. 
08 12. 
46 11. 
00 17. 
13 9. 
34 10. 
S9 10. 
^3 7. 
29 14. 
92 12. 
76 11. 
77 13. 
06 13. 
33 14. 
Bu. 
Tom. 
400 
44 
400 
44 
360 
40 

125 
.... 
35 

100 
5 
110 

30 
165 
192 

1.12-5 
35 
Tons. 
22 
30 
22 
20 
24 
m 
15 
10 
32 
16 
200 
100 
20 
30 
25 
60 
35 
110 
75 
20 
9 
80 
40 
24 
190 
110 
50 
15 
25 
15 
15 
60 
9 
00 $10. 00 $14. OS 
50 6.25 
6. ,o 
4.46 
9.31 
8.49 
.00 11.75 
4^ 7.42 
66 7. 51 
8.23 
5.50 
" • 
11.22 
9.05 
8.59 
9.68 
11.43 
v. 03 
2.M 
5 
3 
: 8 
Vverage. . 193 60. 4 38 121 3. 19 19. 00 31. 41 12. 40 
uu i. 19 
12. 13 3. BO - 
(tons). 
