136 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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



IS, 1892. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Manurial 

 Value. 



65.62 pounds wheat bran, 



56.62 pounds maize feed, 

 9.00 pounds gluten feed, 

 190.50 pounds rowen, 

 120.00 pounds globe mangolds, 



78.50 jjounds dent corn ensilage, 



65.00 jiounds sweet corn ensilage. 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, 

 Live weight gained during the experiment, 

 Average gain in weight per day (entire experiment) 



Dressed weight of animal, 



Loss in weight by dressing, 45.61 per cent, or . 



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 jjound of live weight, 19.04. 



Cost of feed i3er pound of live weight gained, 19.88 cents. 



Net cost of feed per pound gained after deducting 8 per cent, of 

 manurial value, 10.53 cents. 



Pounds. 



68.50 

 85.50 

 17.00 

 0.093 

 46.50 

 39.00 



