120 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Dec. 13, 1892, to Ajjril 18, 1893. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Mannrial 



Value 



Obtainable. 



221.64 pounds corn meal, 



74.56 pounds gluten feed, . 

 780.00 quarts skim-milk, 



190.61 



6S.93 



165.20 



p^ 55 

 72 

 3 51 



fO 46 



33 



1 28 



424.74 



78 



$2 07 



$2 09 

 39 

 2 23 



$4 71 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the exi^eriment, 25 . 



Live weight of animal at the time of killing. 



Live weight gained during the experiment, . 



Dressed Aveight of animal, .... 



Loss in weight by dressing, 20.45 per cent., . 



Dressed weight gained during the experiment. 



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



Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 i)ound of dressed 



weight, 3 



Total cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, . 5 

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



deducting 30 per cent, of manurial value, .... 3 



176 

 150 

 140 

 36 

 119 

 9 



25 lbs. 



00 " 



75 " 



00 " 



00 » 



92 " 

 82 " 



,54 " 

 65 cts. 



93 



