116 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pig No. 4. 



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



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the exj)eriment, 24.00 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . 181.50 " 



Live weight gained during the experiment, .... 157.50 " 



Dressed weight of animal, 144.00 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 20.66 jjer cent, . . . . 37.50 " 



Dressed weight gained during the exjieriment, . . . 124.97 " 



Pounds of dry matter fed i^roduced 1 pound of live weight, 2.25 " 

 Pounds of diy matter fed i^roduced 1 pound of dressed 



weight, 2.84 " 



Total cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, . 4.53 cts. 

 Net cost of feed jjer pound of dressed weight gained, after 



deducting 30 per cent of manurial value, . . . . 3 . 28 " 



