24 BULLETIN 1454, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 9. — Gains, daily feed costs, and labor requirements per head of steers wintered 
in Chase County, Kans., in 1921-22 and 1922-23 
Item 
Number of head 
Number of herds _* — 
Average number per herd 
Feed lot record: 
Months wintered 
Out weight.. pounds. 
Initial weight do... 
Gain per head do — 
Gain per day do... 
Feed cost per day cents. 
Carrying costs per day do... 
Hours per month on 100 head: 
Man labor hours. 
Horse work do... 
Total carrying costs. 
Initial cost per head. 
Total cost at end of winter period- 
Credits (manure and pork) 
Net cost at end of winter period.. 
Classes of steers by years 
Aged steers 
well roughed 
Two- 
year- 
old 
steers 
well 
roughed : 
1921-22 1922-23 
253 
3 
84 
3K 
,026 
929 
97 
1.02 
8.3 
13.9 
194 
394 
$13. 20 
59.39 
72.59 
.81 
71.95 
915 
81 
0.49 
11.3 
14.8 
100 
183 
1921-22 
$24.42 
63.79 
88.21 
.67 
87.71 
794 
5 
159 
768 
706 
62 
0.39 
7.7 
10.0 
99 
168 
Two- 
year- 
old 
steers 
full fed 
after 
graz- 
ing i 
Year- 
ling 
steers 
well 
roughed 1 
1921-22 
$16.00 
50.41 
66.41 
.28 
66.33 
399 
4 
100 
1,043 
927 
116 
1.29 
18.0 
22.4 
160 
254 
$20. 16 
68.00 
1921-22 
1,792 
11 
163 
3.5 
5.7 
$9.69 
37.92 
47.61 
"47." 70 
Calves well 
roughed 
1921-22 1922-23 
316 
2 
158 
3.0 
5.3 
$7.79 
28.43 
36.22 
~36.~52 
535 
4 
134 
5% 
4.7 
6.7 
71 
113 
$10. 85 
33.83 
1 Records were not obtained on any 2-year-old steers or yearling steers for the winter of 1922-23. 
Table 10. — Feed requirements per head for different classes of steers wintered in 
Chase County, Kans., in 1921-22 and 
Item 
Class of steers by years 
Aged steers well 
roughed 
1921-22 1922-23 
Two-year-old 
steers 
Well 
rough- 
ed 1 
Full fed 
after 
graz- 
ing 1 
Year- 
ling 
steers 
well 
rough- 
ed 1 
1021-22 
Calves well 
roughed 
1921-22 1922-23 
Number of head 
Number of herds 
Average number per herd 
Feeds used: 
Grain 2 pounds 
Roughage — 
Alfalfa do- 
Cane hay do.. 
Other hay do 
Corn fodder do. 
Kafir fodder do. 
Silage do 
Miscellaneous do.. 
Pasture (wheat, corn stalk, native) .days 
Feed per day: 
Grain... pounds 
Dry roughage do 
Silage do. 
253 
3 
84 
734 
29 
140 
643 
156 
2,491 
332 
672 
5 
134 
433 
1,072 
105 
677 
214 
222 
1,609 
21.5 
26.4 
4,5 
2.6 
13.9 
23 
31 
207 
306 
2,370 
19 
17 
0.9 
9.8 
14.8 
447 
53 
11.3 
5.6 
1,792 
11 
163 
721 
324 
172 
83 
364 
0.1 
10.0 
5.9 
316 
2 
158 
10.1 
5.8 
1 Records were not obtained on any 2-year-old steers or yearling steers for the winter of 1922-23. 
2 Includes a very small quantity of cottonseed cake. 
535 
4 
134 
642 
932 
403 
159 
364 
17 
4 
15 
204 
869 
804 

0.4 
13. 
5.0 
