116 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Dec. 17, 1889, to May 9, 1S90. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . . 600.00 



Live weight of animal at end of feeding, 840.00 



Live weight gained during experiment, 240.00 



Average gain in weight per day, 1.67 



Dry matter consumed per pound of live weight gained, . . 8.78 



Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, . . . 7.30 cents. 

 Net cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, allow- 

 ing 8 per cent, loss of manurial value, . . . . 2.77 cents. 



