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7. Detailed Statement of Feeding Record — Continued. 



Sheep No. 2. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 17, 1SS9, to Feb. 3, 1890. 



74.9-1: jjoiincls wheat bvan, equal to dry matter, 

 7.0 . 66 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 

 108.00 pounds rowen, equal to dry matter, 

 126.50 pound.s corn ensilage, equal to dry matter. 



Total amount of dry matter, 



Pounds. 



67.99 



63.74 



145.27 



35.36 



312.36 



Live -weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 



Live weight at time of killing, 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 

 Dressed weight at time of killing, . . . . , 

 Loss in weight by dressing, . . 44.50 pounds, or 45. 1 



Pounds 



67.50 

 98.50 

 31.00 

 54.00 

 8 per cent. 



Cost of Feed co7isumed during Experiment. 



74.94 pounds wheat bran, at $17.00 per ton, . 



70.66 pounds gluten meal, at $23 00 per ton, . 

 168.00 pounds rowen, at $15.00 per ton, .... 

 130.75 pounds corn ensilage, at $2.75 per ton, . 



10.08 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of live weight. 



Cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of live weight, 9.32 cents. 



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