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BULLETIN 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Lot 2-b. Wintered on silage, stover, and nay. Finished on pasture 
and cottonseed cake : 
To 12 steers, 8,860 pounds, at $6 per cwt $531. 60 
To wintering 12 steers, 131 days, at $7.58 each 90. 96 
To pasture for 12 steers, 127 days, at $1 per 28 days :__ 54. 48 
To 6,360 pounds cottonseed cake, at $25 per ton 79. 50 
Total expenditures 756. 54 
By sale of 12 steers, 13,390 pounds, at $7.75 . 1, 037. 72 
By value of 12 tons manure, at $2 per ton 24. 00 
Total receipts 1. 061. 72 
Total profit, including manure 305. 18 
Total profit, not including manure 281. 18 
Average profit per head, including manure 25. 43 
Average profit per head, not including manure 23. 43 
Lot 3. Wintered on silage, stover, and hay. Finished on pasture 
alone : 
To 31 steers, 21,000 pounds at $6 per cwt 1, 260. 00 
To wintering, 131 days at $7.45 each 230. 95 
To pasture, 140 days at $1 per 28 days 155. 00 
Total expenditures 1, 645. 95 
By sale of 31 steers, 31,430 pounds at $7 per cwt 2. 200. 10 
By value of 31 tons manure, at $2 per ton 62. 00 
Total receipts 2. 262. 10 
Total profit, including manure 616. 15 
Total profit, not including manure 554. 15 
Average profit per head, including manure 19. 87 
Average profit per head, not including manure 17. 87 
Lot 4. Winter grazed. Finished on pasture alone : 
To 26 steers, 18,330 pounds at $6 per cwt 1, 099. 80 
To wintering 26 steers 131 days at $6.41 each 166. 66 
To pasture, 140 days, at $1 per head for 28 days 130. 00 
Total expenditures 1. 396. 46 
By sale of 26 steers, 27,760 pounds at $7 per cwt L 943. 20 
Total receipts 1, 943. 20 
Total profit on 26 steers 546.74 
Average profit per steer 21. 03 
Prices of feeds charged in 1914-15: 
Ear corn per bushel— 1.00 
Cottonseed cake per ton__ 25. 00 
Corn stover, hay, and straw do 10. 00 
