162 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pig No. 6. 



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



1892. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the exijeriment, . 35 . 00 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, .... 200.75 

 Live weight gained dui-ing the experiment, .... 165.75 



Dressed weight of animal, 157.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, 21.79 per cent., or . . . .43.75 

 Dressed weight gained during the experiment, .... 129.63 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, 2.15. 



Poimds of dry matter fed i3roduced 1 pound of dressed weight, 2 . 75. 



Cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, 5.53 cents. 



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

 30 per cent, of manurial value, 4.01 cents. 



