136 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Nov. 17, 1891, to May 



18, 1892. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Cost. 



Manurial 



Value. 



65.62 pounds wheat bran, 



56.62 pounds maize feed, 

 9.00 pounds gluten feed, 

 190.50 pounds rowen, 

 120.00 pounds globe mangolds, 



78.50 poimds dent corn ensilage, . 



65.00 pounds sweet com ensilage, . 



10 41 

 37 

 06 

 75 

 06 

 05 

 03 



$1 73 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the exi^eriment, . 68.50 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . .85.50 

 Live weight gained during the experiment, . . . .17.00 

 Average gain in weight per day (entire experiment), . . 0.093 



Dressed weight of animal, 46.50 



Loss in weight by dressing, 45.61 per cent., or . . . .39.00 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, 19 . 04. 



Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, 19.88 cents. 



Net cost of feed per pound gained after deducting 8 per cent, of 

 manurial value, 10 . 53 cents. 



