144 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Sheep No. 6. 



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

 April 20, 1891. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . . 50.00 



Live weight at time of killing, 103.00 



Live weight gained during experiment, 53.00 



Average gain in weight per day, 0.26 



Dressed weight of animal, 49.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 54.00 pounds, or 52.43 per cent. 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, . 9.99 



Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, . . . 10.70 cents. 

 Net cost of feed per pound gained after deducting 8 per 



cent, of manurial value, 5.62 cents 



