
188 “STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, 
FOOD COST OF RAISING CALVES TO SIX MONTHS OF AGF, 



1900 1899 
Avg. of.g Calves. Avg. of 8 Calves. 
New milk at 24c. per qt.,_ - - - > $I 02 $2 55 
Skim milk at 25c. per cwt., - - - - 7 50 7 27 
Rowen hay at $10 per ton, - ye - I 68 B foes) . 
Grain at $20 per ton, - - - - - I 27 | 
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$II 47 $12 91 * | 
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Gains per day, .- - - - 1.25 lbs. 1.30 Abe | 
Cost per week, - - - - - - 44.6 cents. 47.3 (Cems 
The New Hampshire Experiment Station fed 8 calves, weigh- 
ing 81 lbs. on the average at the start, for a period of 17.7 weeks. 
Adopting prices to correspond with our own, the cost is as fol- 
lows: 
209 qts. new milk at 24c. per qt., : : = = 5.22 
15958 lbs. skim milk at 25c. per cwt., - - - - - - 39 89 
2514 lbs. flax at $3.25 percwt.,  - = . - - - - 8 16 
104 lbs. oats at $30 per ton, - = - - - : - - I 56 
907 lbs. middlings and bran at $20 per ton, - ~ e 5 ~ Q 07 
414 lbs. linseed at $30 perton,~ - = £ 2 “ - 63 
112 lbs. mixed grain at $20 per ton, - - - - - - I 12 
116 lbs. oatena at $20 per ton,  - - - - - - - I 16 
1262 Ibs. hay at $10 per ton, - : 2 3 z . 6 31 
$73 12 
Average per calf, “ = a A. = < : i -| Soem 
Gains per day, - E ‘ 2 2 i T yes bee 
Cost per week, - i 3 - . 2 = = (uh tes 
The cost of raising the calves reported in Table 4o from birth 
to 2 years and 18 days is estimated as follows:. 
ESTIMATED FOOD COST FROM BIRTH TO TWO YEARS OF AGE. 
185 days, as reported above, average of two lots, - - : - $12 Ig 
188 days § at pasture, - - - - - - - - - 2 00 
ly pound of grain per day, 5 A 2 2 . vi I 88 
18r days in stable at 50c. per week, - - - 3) - 12 93 
Pears a pasture, - - - - - = - - - 3 00 
120 pounds grain previous to calving, - - - - Dae 

Cost at age of 2 years and 18 days, - - - - - - $33 20 

