COLORADO EXPERIMENT STATION 
COST OF FEEDING UNDER OTHER CONDITIONS 
The market price of barley, or the cost of growing it on the farm 
\ aries with the locality, so the following table is given, showing the cost 
ot 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 expehi- 
ment-—namely ij8 pounds per head per day, and with the same con¬ 
sumption of alfalfa and barley, which was 16.1 pounds alfalfa and 
1 1.6 pounds barley per head per day. 
COST OF 100 POUNDS GAIN WITH YEARLING STEERS 
California Feed Barley Per Cwt. 
$ - 90 S 1 - 00 $1-10 $1.20 $1.30 
Alfalfa 
per ton 
$4.00 
5.00 
6.00 
7.00 
8.00 
9.00 
10.00 
11.00 
12.00 
13.00 
14.00 
15.00 
5.98 
6.38 
6.68 
7.03 
7.38 
7.73 
8.08 
8.43 
8.78 
9.13 
9.48 
9.83 
6.49 
6.84 
7.19 
7.54 
7.89 
8.24 
8.59 
8.94 
9.29 
9.64 
9.99 
10.34 
7.00 
7.35 
7.70 
8.05 
8.40 
8.75 
9.10 
9.45 
9.80 
10.15 
10.50 
10.85 
7.51 
7.86 
8.21 
S.56 
8.91 
9.26 
9.61 
9.96 
10.31 
10.66 
11.01 
11.36 
8.02 
8.37 
8.72 
9.07 
9.42 
9.77 
10.12 
10.47 
10.82 
11.17 
11.52 
11.87 
$1.40 
8.53 
8.88 
9.23 
9.58 
9.93 
10.28 
10.63 
10.98 
11.33 
11.68 
12.03 
12.38 
lc increase 
'C' j r - 1U.OJ 
( U,, or I 00 J^s. Gain, 5.1 cwt. barley, and .349 ton alfalfa 51 
of 100 lbs. gain, for each 10c increase in price of barley. ’ 
o^c increase in cost of 100 lbs. gain for each $1 increase in price of hay. 
BI-WEEKLY RECORD OF FATTENING YEARLINGS 
13 head, (5 steers and 8 heifers), from Oct. 21, 1911, to April 6, 1912. 
$1.50 
9.04 
9.39 
9.74 
10.09 
10.44 
10.79 
11.14 
11.49 
11.84 
12.19 
12.54 
12.89 
in the cost 
Period 
Beginning * 
Sep. 18, 1911 
6th Week 
8th 
10th 
12th 
14th 
16th 
18th 
20th 
22nd 
24th 
26th 
28th 
30th 
Total 
weight 
Average 
weight 
Average 
gain in 
weight 
per head 
lbs. 
Average 
gain in 
Total Feed Eaten 
--A. 
lbs. 
per head 
lbs. 
weight 
per head 
per day 
lbs. 
Alfalfa 
hay 
lbs. 
Barley 1 
lbs. 
8,557 
658 
• • • • 
9,370 
721 
63 
1.49 
5,960 
766 
45 
3.24 
455 
819 
1092 
1397 
2054 
2457 
2639 
2730 
2821 
2863 
2814 
2603 
10,425 
802 
34 
2.55 
10,650 
819 
17 
1.23 
10,890 
838 
19 
1.31 
11,060 
851 
13 
.93 
11,240 
865 
14 
.98 
11,605 
893 
28 
2.00 
’2,145 
934 
41 
2.96 
.2,550 
966 
32 
2.22 
12,825 
987 
21 
1.51 
13,100 
1008 
21 
1.51 
13,410 
1031 
24 
1.70 
373 1.78 
ere dehorned during first period. 
33,865 
24,744 
■ tables 
on Page 
2.) 
Average daily 
Consumption 
of Barley 
lbs. 
2.5 
4.5 
6.0 
7.6 
11.2 
13.5 
14.5 
15.0 
15.5 
15.7 
15.4 
14.3 
