The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18
EXPERIMENTS WITH CATTLE.
COST OF PRODUCING FLESH.
Feeding Steers Loose Contrasted Witt
Feeding Those Tied-Advjse Keep
Cattle Gaining from Birth.

Stock raisers will find much interest in
the results Of careful ana extensive feed.
ing experiments at the noted experiment
farm maintained by the Canadian govern.
ment here. says an Ottumwa correspondent.
great many steers are fed each wear
at the Central experimental farm. The
cnief points studied are FIRST. the gdyisabi,-
lty OF feeding steers loose or tied; secsn
the cost Of producing one hundred pounds
Of flesh when feeding cattle at different
ages namely, when feeding calves, year.
lngS' 2-ycar olds, 3.year-olds and 4-year.
Odds; third the odvisabity Of feeding cat
tie, Intended for beef, heavy ration and
keeping them fat from birth until d.ath.
or OF bringing them up us stnckerg in a
tAIr' healthy condition of flesh and then
n nm N them on by heavy feeding the last
siA monlhsi fourth, the comparative merits
OF different kinds Of meal for feeding beer
cattle N'"s o~''
The experiments in feeding steers loose.
az cont asted With those fed tied, may be
summarized ms follows, It being underst God
that the number Of steers in The different
'o's were equal, viz, nine in each:
Results 1900 Daily Cain me- NoSt ~, 10
F va los tIoJ ''''.''.''''..i 80 lbs Sc 20
ftu ted ,,,..,........l. 40 lbs Il 20
Results 1901
F Eea i loose ,..,,..,......t.7 Is lbs Sc so
,. Average Of the two years
E Ee loose 1.54 lbs Sc 52ga
s sind bb has ois, 49,, 90 lbs 9 40
Visibility Of feeding n large or snoii nun.
YET OF steers loose together and highly SAT.
istaotory results have been obtained
lIS experiments to determine the ad.
yisahllity OF feeding q heavy ration from
blrih to block have been carried ON for i've
Years ana the statements OF the different
l nra nSed i, IN the experiment arst incepted
ave as follows; What might be called mo
fnll fattening ration lat. or the stcere ga
on as baby beef, being taken 0rst
me foods were charged az current mar.
~ o,' ptbiCts' ihere were five steers in the
10y when weighed $50 pounds on the 15th
or May, 1900. The weight when siancb,cIed
on the 10Th OF March, 1902. at The oge ~ -
,maS mon was 600 pounds or an average Of
iouo pounds. The average gain nor stocr
during that period OF GHg days - iySd
pounds making the average daily gain 10
p.unus, ms cost Of PRODUCING 100 pounds
Ue sam WIN this lot during the entire
gross cost Of $2567s to feed the int !rho
Steers sold for S35T74. or an overogo ~
500 leaving q proat Of 1916 on the an,
IeoviSg Pho 'n nms ne calves at S. each
eaNins the Proht OF $40 on the Eve
limited growing ration lot ~ stoars
I'M ~, ~ 'n .he same Feed as the FIRST lot
no no. meal nISg sr after the frst six months got
middle OF March had been FED ON co M
shSllage roots and hay. There wore Az, W. ~ ~
riS 'eo anu their weight az tho hegipT,Ir'as
vas ~ pounds and on the 18th ofNnrcb
c m"s an soC2 pounds an average Of 03S pounds
lhese steers gained from hlrtb - ~ sI.e,.
M'reh ~ me rate of 81 poupds nv
u re ;oC which gain cost at the rate az sB9
18th Of Sa Tn11 S,77 799 ne were worth on the
w e mat time SlS467, leaving nt ~ tecg
n os.t "n inc iet, or yaluing the calves et
~ r sSsSn' a net nront Of Sl765. a.
nese results would seem 10 indt.s.. .,,.-
eleatN the advisahility on lnnnf,te qu,e
5A'nlns az rapid rate from birth - Si NIL
ssr meSsou very seldom f5lloWed bv o'1 an,
A study, OF the cost Of rr,A.,.,
pounds gained IN the Feeding q iI stes1ss Inc