608 



BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Total Amount of Feed Consumed from April 1 to Sept. 16. 

 406 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, 

 1,211 qts. Skim-Milk, equal to dry matter, 

 55 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry mattei-, 

 55 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, . 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment. 



Live weight at time of killing, 



Live weight gained during experiment, 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, . 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



Cost of Feed Consum,ed during Experiment. 



406 lbs. of Corn Meal, at $24.00 per ton, $4 87 



303 gals. Skim-Milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, . . . . 5 46 



55 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton, 62 



55 lbs. Gluten Meal, at f 22.50 per ton, 62 



$11 57 

 3.54 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight; and 4.18 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.6 cents. 



Total Amount of Feed Consumed from April 1 to Sept. 16. 

 475 lbs. Com Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 418.2 lbs. 

 1,211 qts. Skim-Milk, equal to dry matter, .... 274.7 " 

 74 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, .... 65.1 " 



74 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to diy matter, .... 67.8 " 



Total amount of dry matter, 



825.8 lbs. 



