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[B.] 

 Buttermilk and Corn Meal — Concluded. 



III. 



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



265| lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 1,452 qts. Buttermilk, equal to dry matter. 



Total amount of dry matter. 



232.21 lbs. 

 222.16 lbs. 



454.37 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 49 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 293J lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 244J lbs. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 243 lbs. 



Loss in weiglit by dressing, 50 lbs., or 17 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . , 202.3 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 

 265| lbs. Corn Meal at 1.4 cents per lb., 

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



$3 72 

 4 98 



$8 70 



454.37 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 244} lbs. of live weight, and 

 202.3 lbs. dressed weight. 1.86 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of live 

 weight; and 2.23 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of pork, 4.3 cents, 



