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BULLETIN 1431, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
the local market feed prices per ton and pasture per day for the three 
years is used, as follows: 
Corn silage _ $6. OQ 
Cottonseed meal 50. 00 
Mixed hay 18. 00 
Clover hay 1 [ 17. 00 
Wheat straw 7. 00 
Grain mixture l 39. 76 
Pasture per day: 
Yearlings . 03 
2-year-olds . 05 
3-year-olds . 10 
Table 6. — Cost per steer of winter feed and summer pasture, and cost per pound 
of total gain 
Total 
gain 
per steer, 
3 years 
Cost of feed per steer 
Cost of 
feed per 
pound of 
gain 
Lot 
Winter 
1922-23 
Summer 
1923 
Winter 
1923-24 
Summer 
1924 
Winter 
1924-25 
Summer 
1925 
Total 
Ai 
Pounds 
815 
842 
904 
828 
877 
912 
903 
897 
869 
$8.42 
8.34 
18.49 
8.42 
8.34 
18.49 
8.42 
8.34 
18.49 
$7. 08 - 
7.08 
7.08 
7.08 
7.08 
7.08 
7.08 
7.08 
7.08 
$12. 48 
12.48 
12.48 
11.61 
11.61 
11.61 
12.78 
12.78 
12.78 
$12. 05 
12.05 
12.05 
12.05 
12.05 
12.05 
12.05 
12.05 
12.05 
$15. 33 
15.33 
15.33 
15.33 
15.33 
15.33 
15.33 
15.33 
15.33 
$14. 10 
14.10 
14.10 
14.10 
14.10 
14.10 
14.10 
14.10 
14.10 
$69. 46 
69.38 
79.53 
68.59 
68.51 
78.66 
69.76 
69.68 
79.83 
Cents 
8.5 
A 2 
8.2 
A 3 - — 
8.8 
Bi____ 
8.3 
Bj 
7.8 
B 3 
8.6 
Ci 
7.7 
C 2 
7.8 
C 3 — 
9.2 
The cost of the winter feed is considerably more than the cost of 
summer feed, yet the gain is made chiefly in summer. 
ANALYSES OF FEEDS 
The feeds used during the winter feeding in these experiments were 
analyzed by the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. 
The analyses are shown in Table 7. 
Table 7. — Analyses of feeds 
Feed 
Year 
Water 
Ash 
Protein 
Fiber 
Nitrogen- 
free 
extract 
Fat 
1922-23 
1923-24 
1922-23 
1923-24 
1922-23 
1923-24 
1922-23 
1923-24 
1922-23 
1922-23 
1922-23 
1923-24 
1922-23 
Per cent 
64.07 
60.50 
5.60 
6.34 
5.90 
5.10 
4.87 
5.08 
8.60 
7.93 
8.44 
8.14 
7.91 
Per cent 
1.06 
3.15 
4.77 
5.20 
4.96 
4.04 
4.03 
3.49 
1.23 
4.86 
5.94 
6.56 
6.60 
Per cent 
2.64 
3.06 
8.81 
9.61 
8.64 
6.14 
4.48 
4.08 
9.98 
35.76 
34.28 
36.46 
15.76 
Per cent 
5.92 
7.43 
40.70 
34.14 
35.54 
31.51 
41.66 
42.27 
2.58 
8.22 
12.95 
11.42 
10.61 
Per cent 
24.87 
24.37 
38.32 
42.55 
42.75 
50.58 
43.68 
43.44 
73.20 
36.11 
32.02 
30.78 
53.64 
Per cent 
1.44 
1.49 
1.80 
2.16 
2.21 
2.63 
1.28 
1.64 
4.41 
7.12 
6.37 
6.64 
5.48 
i Based on corn at 96 cents a bushel, wheat bran at $40 a ton, and linseed meal at $56 a ton. 
