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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



and the dressed weight of the yearlings was 62.3 per cent of the live 

 weight. 



A detailed record is given in tabular form of the slaughter test, which 

 shows the net weight of the several parts of the carcass, of the internal 

 organs and offal, and the percentage of the whole which each consti- 

 tuted. The carcasses were cut up and the meat judged by an expert. 

 Taking into account the value of the offal, tallow, pelts, etc., the cost of 

 the dressed mutton to the firm handling it was computed for each breed. 

 The difference between this sum and the calculated selling price shows 

 the profits for each breed. The data are shown in the following table: 



Profits in dressing the sheep. 



It would seem from this experiment that sheep which are usually 

 raised for wool may also be profitably fattened. 



Pig feeding, W. P. Wheeler (New York State 8ta. Bpt. 1895, pp. 

 425-493).— Three feeding tests are reported with pigs of different 

 breeds and crosses. The first test was made with 5 lots of pigs. It 

 began in the summer of 1894 and lasted 196 days, except in the case of 

 lot 5, which was fed 186 days. Lot 1 consisted of 3 Tamworths, lot 2 

 of 5 Poland-Chinas, lot 3 of 5 Tamworth-Durocs, lot 1 of 6 Tamworth- 

 Poland-Chiuas, and lot 5 of 5 Berkskires. Three pigs were dropped 

 from lot 3 and 1 from lot 5 before the end of the test. The pigs ran 

 with the sows for 4 weeks after farrowing. After the pigs were taken 

 from the sows they were fed skim milk, wheat bran, and for longer or 

 shorter periods the following grain rations in the order mentioned: 

 Wheat bran and wheat middlings, 1:1; wheat bran, wheat middlings, 

 and corn meal, 1:1:1; corn meal, wheat bran, and wheat middlings, 

 4:1:1; corn meal, wheat bran, and wheat middlings, 10:1:1, and 

 corn meal, wheat bran, and wheat middlings, 20:2:1. The amount 

 of corn meal in these rations was increased as the pigs approached 

 maturity. The pigs were fed 3 tim.es a day. During the cold weather 

 they were kept in pens, and while the weather was warm they had the 

 run of small yards. They were given charcoal once a week. 



The financial statement is based on wheat bran at $18, wheat mid- 

 dlings at $20, and corn meal at $20 per ton, and skim milk at 23 cts. per 



