140 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Sheep No. 2. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 30, 1890, to 

 April 20, 1891. 



Dry Matter 

 (rounds). 



Manurial 



Value. 



121.73 pounds corn meal, 



31.75 pounds wheat bran, 

 3.70 pounds old-process linseed meal, 



12.17 pounds gluten meal, 

 254.00 pounds rowen, 

 1G9. 50 pounds corn ensilage, . 



105.59 



27.91 



3.38 



10.84 



218.69 

 33.00 



399.41 



fl 70 

 40 

 05 



17 



1 91 

 23 



$4 46 



$0 40 

 20 

 03 



09 



1 00 

 10 



$1 82 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . . 60.50 



Live weight at time of killing, 98.75 



Live weight gained during experiment, 38.25 



Average gain in weight per day, 0.19 



Dressed weight of animal, 48.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 50.75 pounds, or 51.39 per cent. 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, . 10.44 

 Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, . . . 11 .66 cents. 

 Net cost dfvfeed per pound gained after deducting 8 per 



cent, of 1 "manurial value, 7 . 29 cents. 



