396 



BOAED OF AGEICULTUEE. 



[A.] 



Skim-milk and Corn Meal. 



I. 



Total amount of feed consumed from May 21 to Sept. 22, 1884, — 



221 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 189.57 lbs. 

 1,219 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 255 45 lbs. 



Total amount of dry matter, 



454.02 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 44.75 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 228.75 lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment, . . . . 18i. lbs. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 181.75 lbs. 



Loss in weight by dressing, ... 47 lbs., or 20.5 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 146. lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 



221 lbs. Corn Meal, at 1.1 cents, .... 

 305 gals. Skim-milk, at 2 cents per gal., . . 



$3 09 

 6 10 



$9 19 



454 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 184 lbs. of live weight, and 146 

 lbs. of dressed weight. 2.47 of dry matter yielded 1 lb. live weight; 

 and 3.11 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. dressed pork, 6.3 cents. 



