90 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Sheep No. 3. 



TotaZ Amount of Feed consumed from Nov. 19, 1892, to March 



14, 1893. 



Dry 



Matter. 



Maiiurial 



Value 



Obtainable. 



95.00 pounds Buffalo gluten feed, . 



20.54 pounds cotton-seed meal, 



111.52 pounds rowen, 



164.22 pounds com and soja-bean 

 ensilage, 



87.17 

 19.26 

 98.92 



36.50 



$0 99 

 29 

 83 



22 



ao 56 

 24 

 36 



10 



241.85 



33 $1 26 



$0 43 

 05 

 47 



12 



$1 07 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, . 62.50 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at the end of the experiment, . .91.50 " 



Live weight gained during the experiment, . . . . 29 . 00 " 



Average gain in weight per day, 0.25 " 



Dressed weight of animal, 48.25 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 47.26 i^er cent, . . . . 43.25 " 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, . 8.54 " 



Total cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, . . 8 . 03 cts. 



Net cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, . . . 3.70 " 



