. Annual report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals. 1892.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 33 137 Total Cost of Feed consumed^ counted on Basis of 1889-90 and of 1890-91. Sheep 1, Sheep 2, Sheep 3, Sheep 4, Sheep 5, Sheep 6,. Conchtsions. 1. The increase in live weiaht durini:: the first feeding: period is, in four out of six cases, h)wer tlian in any other period, and aft'ects seriously the financial results of the whole experiment. 2. The total increase per head in live weight per day averages for the entire ti
. Annual report of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst, Mass. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals. 1892.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT —No. 33 137 Total Cost of Feed consumed^ counted on Basis of 1889-90 and of 1890-91. Sheep 1, Sheep 2, Sheep 3, Sheep 4, Sheep 5, Sheep 6,. Conchtsions. 1. The increase in live weiaht durini:: the first feeding: period is, in four out of six cases, h)wer tlian in any other period, and aft'ects seriously the financial results of the whole experiment. 2. The total increase per head in live weight per day averages for the entire time of the experiment .23 pounds for Lot A (1, 2 and 3), and .22 pounds for Lot B (4, 5 and 6). In one case it amounts to .39 pounds per day (Lot A, 2, Period IV.) ; in nine cases it rises above .25 pounds. 3. The market cost of the daily individual fodder rations varies in different feeding periods from cents to cents. The rations that contain from three to four pounds of corn ensilage, in place of three-fourths of the rowen of other rations, furnish the cheapest daily diet (Period III., Lot A, cents, and Lot B, cents). 4. The market cost of the feed consumed during the ex- periment by the laml)s of Lot A amounts per head to $, and in case of Lot B to $, — a difterence of 15 cents. The three lambs of Lot A cost $, those of Lot B cost $ ; making cost of lambs and of the feed consumed $ in case of the former, and $ in case of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts State Agricultural Experiment Station. [S. l. : s. n. ]
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