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Table 15. — Financial statement, 1915-16. 
Lot 1-a. Wintered on ear corn, stover, hay, and straw. Finished on 
pasture : 
To 11 steers, 1 8,940 pounds at $6 per cwt $536. 40 
To wintering 11 steers, 119 days at $12.13 each 133. 43 
To pasture, 140 days at $1 per 28 days 55. 00 
Total expenditures 724. 83 
By sale of 11 steers, 12,090 pounds at $7.25 876. 52 
By value of 11 tons manure at $2___ 22. 00 
Total receipts 898. 52 
Total profit including manure . 173. 69 
Total profit not including manure 151. 69 
Average profit per head including manure 15. 79 
Average profit per head not including manure 13. 79 
Lot 1-b. Wintered on ear corn, stover, hay, and straw. Finished on 
pasture and cottonseed cake : 
To 12 steers, 9,730 pounds at $6 per cwt 583. 80 
To wintering 12 steers, 119 days at $12.13 each ^ 145. 56 
To pasture, 140 days at $1 per 28 days 60. 00 
To cottonseed cake, 6,540 pounds at $35 per ton _, 114. 45 
Freight, Clyde to Baltimore 46. 68 
Feed in transit to Spencer, N. C 1. 75 
Feed and insurance in yards at Baltimore 12. 05 
Commission charges 10. 00 
Total expenditures 974. 29 
By sale of 12 steers, 13,100 pounds at $8.25 1, 070. 75 
By value of 12 tons manure at $2 24.00 
Total receipts 1, 094. 75 
Total profit including manure 120. 46 
Total profit not including manure »_ 96. 46 
Average profit per steer including manure 10. 03 
Average profit per steer not including manure 8. 03 
Lot 2-a. Wintered on corn silage, corn stover, hay and straw. Fin- 
ished on grass : 
To 12 steers, 9,700 pounds at $6 per cwt 582. 00 
To wintering 12 steers, 119 days at $6.78 each 81. 36 
To pasture, 140 days at $1 per 28 days— 60. 00 
Total expenditures 723. 36 
By sale of 12 steers, 13,260 pounds at $7.25 per cwt 961. 31 
By value of 12 tons manure at $2 per ton 24. 00 
Total receipts ■___ 985. 31 
1 This lot was started with 12 steers, but one of them died, so only 11 were used. 
