140 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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



18, 1892. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the expex'iment, 



Live weight of animal at the time of killing, 



Live weight gained during the experiment, 



Average gain in weight per day (entire experiment) , 



Dressed weight of animal, ..,.:.. 



Loss in weight by dressing, 49.41 per cent., or . 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 jiound of live weight, 28.55. 

 Cost of feed per pound of live Aveight gained, 30.70 cents. 

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



manurial value, 16 . 17 cents. 



