86 AGIUCULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Yield of Wool and Dressed Weight. 

 [Pounds.] 



* Retained for further experiments. 



Feed consumed. 



Average Residts. 



Total weight at the beginning of the experiment (sheared), 380.00 lbs. 

 Total weight at the end of the experiment, . . . .565.00 " 



Total gain in live weight, 185 . GO " 



Average gain per sheep in live weight per day (115 days), . 0.27 " 



Avei'age shrinkage (four sheep) in dressing, . . . 49 . 32 " 



Total cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, . . 7.67 cts. 



Total cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, . 15. 13 " 



Net cost of feed per jjound of live weight gained, . . 3.41" 



Net cost of feed jjer j^ound of dressed weight gained, . . 6.70" 



