Profits from several feeding systems followed by beef cattlemen of Southwest Virginia

The farmer that fed silage made a profit of $606.20 for the twenty-six years or had received an average profit of $23.31 each year per steer. The farmer that fed hay and straw made a profit of $298.76 for the twenty-six years or an average profit of $11.49 each year per steer. The farmer that fed stover and corn meal made a profit of $140.56 for the twenty-six years or an average profit each year of $5.40 per steer. From a survey of seventy farms and 4,380 head of cattle, we find that the average carload shipment is about three care per cattlemen in Southwest Virginia allowing twenty head to the car, this would mean sixty per year. At this rate the farmer that fed silage would have made $36,372.00. The farmer that fed hay and straw would have made $17,925.00 and the farmer that fed stover and corn meal would have made $8,433.60. The cost of silage for the twenty-six years was $412.04, for hay and straw $521.54, and for stover and corn meal $439.70.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Animal Husbandry

Department dc:contributor.department

Animal Husbandry

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1930

Author dc:creator

• Nelson, G. V.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/112629

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/112629