158 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jau. 



Pig No. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from March 23, 1892, to July 28^ 



1892. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, . 33.00 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, .... 197.00 

 Live weight gained during the exi^eriment, .... 164.00 



Dressed weight of animal, 144.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, 26.90 per cent., or .... 53.00 

 Dressed weight gained during the experiment, .... 119.88 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, 2.21. 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of dressed weight, 3.02. 



Cost of feed per j^ound of dressed weight gained, 6 . 02 cents. 



Net cost of feed per i^ound of dressed woiglit gained after deducting 

 30 per cent, of manurial value, 4.35 cents. 



