144 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Calf 7. 



Live weight of the animal at the beginning of the experiment 

 Live weight of the animal at the end of the exijeriment, 

 Live weight gained during the exj^eriment, . 



Dressed weight of the animal, 



Loss in Aveight by dressing, 42 per cent., 

 Pounds of dry matter to ijroduce 1 jjound of live weight. 

 Pounds of dry matter to produce 1 pound of dressed weight 

 Total cost of feed jaer pound of live weight gained, , 

 Net cost of feed j^er pound of live weight gained, 



Local Market Cost per Ton of the Various Articles of Fodder 



nsed. 



Corn meal |23 00 



Buftalo gluten feed 20 00 



01d-2)rocess linseed meal, 26 00 



Wheat middlings, 22 00 



Skim-milk, per gallon, ,1.8 cts. 



Whole milk, per quart, . 3.0 cts. 



Wheat flour, per pound, .2.0 cts. 



Cod liver oil, per gallon, $8 GO 



