| Show t OF G TILE IN WEST 3 Conducted in Nebraska Ne- Ne braska Show Wide Variation Variation Varia Varia- tion in Figures PERILOUS VENTURE I ring ying ri Right and Selling Right Are AreC C Controlling Some Factors Farm Farm- t t Is Carried Animals Through With Profit According to cost of production In- In In In-I In i conducted by the united linked lites res i s department of agriculture In j operation with the University of broska In parts of Nebraska 1 during past ast two y years ars the average cost 1 fed corn com fed cattle laid down at mar mar- as 1491 1401 per hundredweight for l bend fed Ced In the winter of 1918 1018 1 for cattle tattle In a survey surrey during daring the winter of 20 1919 3 n i average of 1339 for an addi- addi al f cattle upon which detailed t fi gures res were secured during the theme roe me winter The costs upon some roves res were found to vary widely from frome e av average figures with the major flan n going to market the first win win- 19 r 19 IS carrying an expense bill from 13 to 18 a hundredweight UJ le-in le In 1919 20 20 the costs of most of e cattle were between 11 and 17 e facts acts thus hus far brought out out by the i would indicate that dure dur- dur the e past tw two years In the district by the survey cattle feeding feedings s p precarious venture more likely Ube unprofitable than not There average a loss per head of I r he e cattle for tor which records were In 1918 19 and of 10 1069 69 and 1457 on two Vo groups for which rece rec rec- id ds were ere obtained In 1919 20 The These lese e figures are the results of ot the the two years' years work of a n year five the basic factors of at the cost fattening f cattle Ct li h Is j h c Th tr In to Nebraska by the office of mana management ement and farm econom econom- tUn iiri 1 In co operation co with the y 10 Of Nebraska and the bureau of i T ZIP J Pastures and Good Stock Are Es Es- for Profitable Beef on meal mal Industry United States depart- depart jot Of agriculture Similar studies being Ing conducted In In Io Iowa n. n Missouri and Indiana and preliminary rs on the work In these states 6 forthcoming shortly shorty ceding Plays Minor Part 1 I 6 be greater part of the Nebraska I Covered covered In the survey work of 19 made their gains at a cost of to 35 cents per pound with remes ranging from 1 to 48 cents Gf f t the cattle covered the next the e greater part made their gains from rob m 15 to 35 cents per pound with extreme extreme range of at from 8 to 53 t While economical feeding Is Isto isto jn to be the major factor In the theOf Of f fattening after the steer Is ht t. t the Investigation n substantiates fact that feeding usually plays a n nOr Or part In determining ng profit or orand orand and that buying right an and J sell- sell Ing lug right are more often orten the l- l w tr ling Ung factors The cattle In question were bought at about the same figures In both years of the Investigation In 1918 19 three of the droves were bought at between 6 0 and 7 but most of the cattle covered covered covered cov cov- ered In the study went Into the lot at between 8 and 12 Of the 21 droves covered by the detailed cost account ing method 11 cost between 10 and 11 The weight of the he feeders varied rather widely averaging about pounds with but few over 1000 pounds or under Feed the most Import Imports Important factor of the cost of fattening the steer after purchase was found to constitute from 75 to 00 90 per cent of all the expense expense ex ex- ex pense Involved In handling the steers after being put on feed The wide variation In the factors affecting cost was reflected In equally wide variation In the total cost of the finished cattle During both beth of the tho years jears of at the study the cost of the cattle cattle cat cat- tle tie covered In the surveys ranged from about 8 to 22 per hundred fattened the average for 1918 19 being and for 20 1919 1383 The droves covered by the cost-accounting cost method showed a much narrower range from 10 to 18 with an average of 1339 b The financial return varied widely ranging from 50 profit or more per head reported for 40 head hend In 1918 19 to 50 or more per head loss reported for head In 1918 19 and for over head In 1919 1019 As has been stated above on the average there was vas wasa a n loss Incurred In handling cattle each year jear ear reaching 1457 per head as th the average loss of the cattle on the detailed route In 1919 1910 However a number of ot farmers carried their cattle through with profit |
