150 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pig No. 



Total Amouyit of Feed consumed from Dec. 1, 1891, to Feb. 3, 



1892. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Manurial 

 Vaiue. 



172.00 pounds barley meal, 



344.00 quarts skim-milk, . 



94.03 pounds wheat bi'an, 



94.03 pounds maize feed, 



149.81 

 76.29 

 84.62 

 85.85 



396.57 



$2 58 

 1 55 

 1 03 

 1 18 



$6 34 



$0 48 

 73 

 68 

 62 



$2 41 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the exijeriment, 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing. 

 Live weight gained during the experiment, 

 Dressed weight of animal, .... 

 Loss in weight by dressing, 23.20 per cent., or 

 Dressed weight gained during the exiieriment, 



Pounds of dry matter fed i)roduced 1 pound of live weight, 3.97. 



Pounds of dry matter fed i^roduced 1 jjound of dressed weight, 5.16. 



Cost of feed per pound of dressed Aveight gained, 8.25 cents. 



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

 30 per cent, of the manurial value, 6.05 cents. 



Pounds. 



94.00 



194.00 



100.00 



149.00 



45.00 



76.80 



