AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



109 



A— POUNDS PEE DAY PER 1,000 POUNDS LIVE WEIGHT, 



Kind of Animal. 



Age- 

 mos. 



2.3 



3,6 



6.12 



12.18 



18.24 



5.6 



6.8 



8.11 



11.15 



15.20 



2.3 

 3.5 

 5.6 

 6.8 

 8.12 



Horse at light work 



" average work 



" hard " 



Oxen at rest in stall . . . 



" ordinary work 



" hard " 



" fattening, first period 



" " second period 



" " third " 



Milk cows .... 



Sheep, wool-producing (coarser breeds) 



" " " (finer breeds) . . 



" fattening, first period 



" " second period 



Swine, fattening, first period 



" " second period. .. 



" " third period 



Growing Cattle. 



Average live weight per head 



150 pounds 



300 » 



500 " 



700 " 



850 " 



Growing Sheep. 



56 pounds 



67 " 



75 " 



82 " 



85 " .. . 



Growing Pigs. 



50 pounds 



100 " 



125 " 



170 «' 



250 " 



21.0 



22.5 

 25.5 

 17 5 

 24.0 

 26 

 27.0 

 26 

 25.0 

 24 

 20.0 

 22 5 

 26.0 

 25.0 



36 

 31.0 

 23.5 



22.0 

 23.4 

 24 

 24.0 

 24.0 



28.0 

 25.0 

 23.0 

 22,5 

 22.0 



42 

 34 

 31.5 

 27.0 

 21.0 



9.5 

 11.2 

 13.4 



8 

 11.3 

 13.2 

 15.0 

 14.8 

 14.8 

 12.5 

 10 3 

 11.4 

 15.2 

 14.4 



0.40 

 0.60 

 0.80 

 0.15 

 0.30 

 0.50 

 0.50 

 70 

 0.60 

 0.40 

 0.20 

 0.25 

 0.50 

 0.60 



27.5 

 24.0 

 17.5 



13.8 

 13.5 

 13.5 

 13 

 12 



15.6 

 13 3 

 11 4 

 10.9 

 10.4 



2.0 

 1.0 

 0.6 

 0.4 

 0.3 



8 

 0.6 

 0.5 

 0.4 

 0.3 



30.0 

 25.0 

 23.7 

 20.4 

 16.2 



32.50 

 28.00 

 20.20 



19.8 

 17.7 

 16.6 

 15.4 

 13 9 



19.6 

 16.6 

 14.0 

 13 

 12.1 



37 5 

 30.0 

 28.4 

 23.8 

 18.7 



7.0 

 7.0 



5 5 

 12.0 



7.5 

 6.0 

 6.5 

 5.5 



6 

 5 4 

 9 

 8.0 

 5.5 

 4.5 



5.5 

 6.0 

 6.5 



4.7 

 5.0 

 6.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 



0.0 



5.5 

 6.0 

 7 

 8.0 



4.0 

 5.0 



60 

 6.5 



