142 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed fi'om Nov. 17, 1891, to May 



18, 1892. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, . 65.00 

 Live weiglit of animal at the time of killing, . . . .75.00 

 Live weight gained during the experiment, . . . . 10 . 00 



Average gain in weight per day (entire experiment), . . 0.054 



Dressed weight of animal, 36.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, 52.00 per cent., or .... 39.00 



Pounds of dry matter fed pi'oduced 1 pound of live weight, 26.20. 



"Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, 27.50 cents. 



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

 manurial value, 14.70 cents. 



