AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



75 



A — POUNDS PER DAY PER 1,000 POUNDS LIVE WEIGHT. 



Kind of Animal. 



Horse at light work 



•• average work 



" hard '• 



Oxen at rest in stall 



" ordinary work 



" hard " 



" fattening, first period 



" *' Second period 



'« " third " 



Milk cows 



Sheep, wool-producing (coarser breeds). 



" " " (finer breeds) . . 



" fattening, first period 



*• " second period 



Swine, fattening, first period ... 

 " " second period 



'^ " tliird period.. 



Age— 



mos. 



2.3 

 3 6 



6.12 

 12.18 

 18.24 



5.6 



6.8 



8.11 



11.15 



15.20 



Growing Cattle 

 Average live weight per head — 



150 pounds 

 300 " 

 500 " 

 700 " 

 850 " 



82 

 85 



Growing Pigs. 



Growing Sheep. 



56 pounds 28.0 



67 " 



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11.40 1 

 13.60 1 

 17.00 1 

 8.851 

 13.20 I 

 16.10 1 

 I8.OOI1 

 18.50 I 

 18.10 1 

 15.40 1 

 11.70|1 

 13.1511 

 18.70 1 

 18.50 1 



32.50 1 

 28.00 1 

 20.20 1 



7.0 

 7.0 

 5.5 





 5 

 

 5 

 5 

 

 4 

 9.0 

 8.0 

 5.5 

 4.5 



5.5 

 6.0 

 6.5 



4.7 

 5.0 

 6.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 



5.5 

 5.5 

 6.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 



4,0 

 5.0 



5.5 

 6.0 

 6.5 



