ON FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 



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[B] 

 Buttermilk and Corn Meal. 

 I. 



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



226 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 197.48 lbs. 

 1,244 qts. Buttermilk, equal to dry matter, .... 190.33 lbs. 



Total amount of dry matter, . . . . 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, 



Live weigiat at time of killing. 



Live weight gained during the experiment, 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, . 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



. 387.81 lbs. 



48.25 lbs. 

 . 230.50 lbs. 

 . 182.25 lbs. 

 . 190.75 lbs. 

 39.75 lbs., or 17.3 per cent 

 . 150.85 lbs. 



Cost of fodder consumed during experiment, 



226 lbs. Corn Meal, at 1.4 cents per lb., 



311 gals. Buttermilk, at 1.37 cents per gal., . 



$3 16 

 4 26 



$7 42 



387.8 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 182.25 lbs. of live weight, and 

 150.85 lbs. of dressed weight. 2.12 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of 

 live weight; and 2.57 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of pork, 4.92 cents. 



