8 
COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION 
COST OF FEEDING UNDER OTHER CONDITIONS 
I he market price of barley, or the cost of growing it on the farm, 
varies with the locality, so the following table is given, showing the cost 
of gain with alfalfa and barley at a given price when gain is made at 
the same rate as made by the yearling steers fattened in this experi¬ 
ment,—-namely, i.yS pounds per head per day, and with the same con¬ 
sumption of alfalfa and barley, which zuas 16.1 pounds alfalfa and 
11.8 pounds barley per head per day. 
COST OF 100 POUNDS GAIN WITH YEARLING STEERS 
California Feed Barley Per Cwt. 
$ 1.00 
$ .90 
Alfalfa 
per ton 
$4.00 5.98 6.49 
5-00 6.38 6.84 
6.00 6.68 7.19 
7.00 7.03 7.54 
8.00 7.38 7.89 
9.00 7.73 8.24 
10.00 8.08 8.59 
11.00 8.43 8.94 
12.00 8.78 9.29 
13.00 9.13 9.64 
14.00 9.48 9.99 
15.00 9.83 10.34 
Feed for 100 lbs. Gain, 5.1 
of 100 lbs. gain, for each 10c 
35c increase in cost of 100 
$1.10 
$1.20 
$1.30 
$1.40 
$1.50 
7.00 
7.51 
8.02 
8.53 
9.04 
7.35 
7.70 
7.86 
8.21 
8.37 
8.72 
8.88 
9.23 
9.39 
9.74 
8.05 
8.56 
9.07 
9.58 
10.09 
8.40 
8.91 
9.42 
9.93 
10.44 
8.75 
9.26 
9.77 
10.28 
10.79 
9.10 
9.61 
10.12 
10.63 
11.14 
9.45 
9.96 
10.47 
10.98 
11.49 
9.80 
10.31 
10.82 
11.33 
11.84 
10.15 
10.66 
11.17 
11.68 
12.19 
10.50 
11.01 
11.52 
12.03 
12.54 
10.85 
11.36 
11.87 
'12.38 
12.89 
barley, 
and .349 ton 
alfalfa, 
51c increase 
in the cost 
se m price of barley. 
of hay. 
BI-WEEKLY RECORD OF FATTENING YEARLINGS 
13 head, (5 steers and 8 heifers), from Oct. 21, 1911, to April 6, 1912. 
Period 
Total 
Average 
Average 
weight 
weight 
per head 
gain in 
weight 
per head 
Beginning * 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Sep. 18, 1911 
8,557 
658 
6th Week 
9,370 
721 
63 
8th 
9,960 
766 
45 
10th 
10,425 
802 
34 
12th 
10,650 
819 
17 
14th 
10,890 
838 
19 
16th 
11,060 
851 
13 
18th 
11,240 
865 
14 
20th 
11,605 
893 
28 
22nd 
'.2,145 
934 
41 
24th 
.2,550 
966 
32 
26th 
12,825 
987 
21 
28th 
13,100 
1008 
21 
30th 
13,410 
1031 
24 
Average 
Total Feed Eaten 
Average daily 
gain in 
,- 
■■ X 
Consumption 
weight 
Alfalfa 
Barley 
of Barley 
per head 
hay 
lbs. 
per day 
lbs. 
• • • • 
lbs. 
lbs. 
1.49 
3.24 
455 
2.5 
2.55 
819 
4.5 
1.23 
1092 
6.0 
1.31 
1397 
7.6 
.93 
2054 
11.2 
.98 
2457 
13.5 
2.00 
2639 
14.5 
2.96 
2730 
15.0 
2.22 
2821 
15.5 
1.51 
2863 
15.7 
1.51 
2814 
15.4 
1.70 
2603 
14.3 
373 1.78 33.865 24,744 
* Cattle were dehorned during first period. 
(See other tables on Page 2.) 
