114 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pig No. 2. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Aug. 9 to Nov. 29, 1892. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, 28.50 lbs. 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . 183.75 " 

 Live weight gained during the exi^eriment, .... 155.25 " 



Dressed weight of animal, 145.25 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 24.80 per cent, .... 38.50 " 

 Dressed weight gaineel during the exjjeriment, . . . 116.75 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, 2.25 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of dressed 



weight, 2 98 " 



Total cost of feed i^er jiound of dressed weight gained, . 4.77 cts. 

 Net cost of feed ]3er pound of dressed weight gained, after 



deducting 30 per cent of manurial value, . . . . 3.41 " 



