140 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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

 18, 1892. 



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 w^eight of animal, ...... 



Loss in weight by dressing, 49.41 per cent., or . 



Pounds of dry matter fed j^roduced 1 pound of live weight, 28.55. 



Cost of feed per pound of live weight gained, 30.70 cents. 



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

 manurial value, 16.17 cents. 



Pounds. 



73.50 

 85.00 

 11.50 

 0.063 

 43.00 

 42.00 



