42 Report oF DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY OF THE 
of 6.9 cents per pound. During the first seven weeks of feeding 
the average gain was 64.2 ounces, one pound for every 3.0 
pounds of dry matter in the food, at a food cost of 4.6 cents 
per pound gain. For the entire period of experiment the average 
gain in weight was 78.8 ounces, at the rate of one pound for 
every 4.0 pounds of dry matter in the food. The food cost was 
6.0 cents per pound gain. 
In Lot III having the “60 per ct. ration” the average gain 
during the first three weeks was 22.5 ounces, at the rate of one 
pound for every 2.1 pounds of dry matter in the food—the food 
cost being 3.3 cents per pound gain. For the following seven 
weeks the average gain was 60.3 ounces, at the rate of one pound 
for every 4.7 pounds of dry matter in the food—the cost being 
7.3 cents per pound. During the first seven weeks of feeding 
the average gain was 68.4 ounces, one pound gain for every 3.0 
pounds of dry matter in the food at the cost of 4.7 cents per 
pound gain. For the entire period the average gain was 82.7 
ounces at the rate of one pound for every 4.0 pounds of dry 
matter in the food and at the food cost of 6.2 cents per pound. 
In Lot IV having the “80 per ct. ration” the average gain 
in weight during the first three weeks was 20.8 ounces, at the 
rate of one pound for every 2.3 pounds of dry matter in the 
food; the food cost being 3.8 cents per pound gain. For the 
remaining seven weeks the average gain was 57.9 ounces at the 
rate of one pound for every 5.0 ounces of dry matter in the 
food, and at a cost of 8.2 cents per pound. During the first 
seven weeks of feeding the average gain in weight was 66.2 
ounces at the rate of one pound for every 3.1 pounds of dry 
matter in the food. The cost was 5.2 cents per pound. For the 
entire period the average gain in weight was 78.7 ounces at the 
rate of one pound for every 4.2 pounds of dry matter in the food. 
The food cost was 7.0 cents per pound gain. 
RESULTS IN GENERAL. 
On the average for the entire period the ratio of the dry mat- — 
ter of the food consumed to the gain in weight was about the 
same for the Lots I, II, and III, and somewhat higher for Lot 
IV. In relation to the cost of growth the different lots stood in 
the same order as to the relative amounts of animal food in the 
