STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 
II 
Tables 8 to 11 inclusive give a very complete financial state¬ 
ment for each lot of steers. While it is not the primary object of 
these experiments to make them financially successful, yet it is 
gratifying to learn that in all cases and with all kinds of feed ra¬ 
tions, there is a fair margin of profit which is certainly encouraging 
to the general feeder in Colorado. 
SUMMARY. 
Table XII.—Giving Data for an Average Steer in Each Lot 
Lot 1. 
Lot 2. 
Lot 3. 
Lot 1. 
Weight at beginning of experiment (lbs.). 
951 
968 
941 
968 
Value at 3 cents per pound. 
$28.53 
$29.04 
$28.23 
$29.04 
Cost entire p.eriod, 100 days. 
$12.95 
$13.44 
$ 7.90 
$10.39 
Cost of feed for 100 lbs. gain. ... 
$ 4.60 
$ 7.63 
$ 4.29 
$ 7.04 
Cost of labor in feeding. 
$ 3.25 
$ 3.25 
$ 3.25 
$ 8.25 
Weight finished steer at feed lots, (lbsj. 
1214 
1144 
1125 
1115 
Sale weight of steer at Denver (lbs.). 
1157 
1088 
1050 
1062 
Shrinkage ip shipping Obs.). 
57 
56 
75 
53 
Selling price per hundred pounds. 
$ 5.15 
$ 5.06 
$ 5.00 
$ 4.73 
Value at selling price —'. 
$59.58 
$55.05 
$52.25 
1 $50.25 
Cost of marketing. 
$ 2.15 
$ 2.15 
$ 2.15 
$ 2.15 
Net profits. 
$12.70 
$ 7.16 
$10.97 
$ 5.44 
In Table XII is given a complete summary showing the aver¬ 
age of each steer in the various lots. In thn table is given very 
complete data covering the various points of comparison in the re¬ 
sults obtained with the average steer in each lot. 
CONCLUSIONS. 
gam 
V r. An average “feeder” steer two years old will make a 
of 1.5 lbs. per day on alfalfa hay alone, and will require approxi 
mately 28 lbs. of hay to make one pouud of gain. 
2. The addition of ground corn to the ration of alfalfa hay 
will increase the daily gain, increase the market price of the steer 
by finishing him better in a given time, and will add to the profits 
if the corn can be procured below 90 cents per hundred pounds. 
^ 3. A pound of ground corn is equal in feeding value to 2.8 
tbs. of alfalfa hay and to 9 pounds of sugar beet pulp for feeding 
two-year-old fattening steers. 
4. Sugar beet pulp at present prices is a cheaper and better 
feda than ground corn when fed with alfalfa hay for fattening ma¬ 
ture steers. 
5. That 3.22 of beet pulp is equivalent in feeding value to 
one pound of alfalfa hay, when fed in conjunction with the hay, 
giving two-year-old steers all they will eat of both feeds. 
6. With alfalfa hay at $5 a ton, it will pay to feed a light ra- 
