150 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pig No. 2. 



jToiaZ Amount of Feed consumed from Dec. 1, 1891, to Feb. 3, 



1892. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, . 94.00 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, .... 194.00 

 Live weight gained during the experiment, .... 100.00 



Dressed weight of animal, 149.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, 23.20 per cent., or .... 45.00 

 Dressed weight gained during the exi^eriment, . . . . 76 . 80 



Pounds of dry matter fed jiroduced 1 pound of live weight, 3.97. 



Pounds of dry matter fed i^roduced 1 pound of dressed weight, 5. 16. 



Cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, 8.25 cents. 



Net cost of feed jjer pound of dressed weight gained after deducting 

 30 per cent, of the manurial value, 6.05 cents. 



