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7. Detailed Statement of Feeding Record — Continued. 



Sheep No. 5. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 1 7, 1889, to March 1 7, 1890. 



Pounds. 



57.16 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, .... 50.49 



25 . 15 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 22.69 



32.78 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 29.74 



182.50 pounds rowen, equal to dry matter, .... 157.81 



166.00 pounds corn ensilage, equal to dry matter, . . . 40.90 



31.50 pounds corn fodder, equal to dry matter, . . . 24.74 



Total amount of dry matter, 



330.37 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 



Live weight at time of killing, 



Live weight gained during experiment, 



Dressed weight at time of killing, .... 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 40.50 pounds, or 



46.8 



Pounds. 



66.25 

 86.50 



20.25 



46.00 



per cent. 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 

 57.16 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 per ton, 

 25.15 pounds gluten meal, at $23.00 per ton, 

 32.78 pounds wheat bran, at $17.00 per ton, 

 182.50 pounds rowen, at $15.00 per ton, 

 166.00 pounds corn ensilage, at $2.75 per ton, 

 31.50 pounds corn fodder, at $7 .50 per ton, 



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16.31 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight. 



Cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of live weight, 13.98 cents. 



