98 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



cents and 11.26 cents per day. The net cost in case of nar- 

 row rations was 5.51 cents per day, against 6.49 cents per 

 day for wider rations. This shows that the chief advantage 

 of tlie very narrow rations in these experiments came from 

 the increased value of the manure produced. 



4. The dry matter required to produce one pound of live 

 weight was about the same in both cases, namely, 11.35 

 and 11.40 pounds. With tlie present knowledge of animal 

 nutrition, rations with a nutritive ratio of about 1 : 5 appear 

 to be the most economical to feed to growing lambs, as well 

 as to steers. 



