144 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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



18, 1892. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Cost. 



Manurial 

 Value. 



73.12 i^ounds wheat bran, 

 61.12 pounds maize feed, 

 12.00 pounds gluten feed, 

 174.50 pounds rowen, 

 128.00 pounds globe mangolds, 

 102.50 pounds dent corn ensilage, 

 108.00 pounds sweet corn ensilage, 



}0 45 

 40 

 08 

 C8 

 07 

 06 

 06 



$1 80 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, . 77.75 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . .98.50 

 Live weight gained during the exi^eriment, . . . .20.75 

 Average gain in weight i^er day (entire experiment) , . . 0.113 



Dressed weight of animal, 53 . 25 



Loss in weight by dressing, 45.94 per cent., or . . . .45.25 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound live weight, 16.19. 



Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, 17.06 cents. 



Net cost of feed jjer jjound gained after deducting 8 per cent, of 

 manurial value, 9 . 06 cents. 



