EXPERIMENT STATION. 609 



Live weight of anirnal at beginning of experiment, . . 59.5 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 30G.0 " 



." 24G.5 " 

 258.0 " 

 48 lbs., or 12.4 per cent. 

 205.9 lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment, 

 Dressed weight at time of killing. 

 Loss in weight by dressing, . 

 Dressed weight gained dui-ing experiment. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



^Ib lbs. Corn Meal, at $24.00 per ton, f 5 70 



303 gals. Skim-]Milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, ... 5 45 



74 lbs. Wheat Bran at f 22.50 per ton, 83 



74 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton 83 



$12 81 

 3.35 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.01 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.2 cents. 



Fourth Feeding Experiment (C, D). 



Five animals served in the experiment ; their live weights 

 varied from 30 to 38 pounds when entering upon the trial ; 

 they were of a similar mixed breed as those selected for the 

 third experiment. The daily diet of the entire lot consisted, 

 from December 8 to February 15, of four quarts of skim- 

 milk and eight ounces of corn meal, besides a mixture con- 

 sisting of two weight parts of gluten meal and one weight 

 part of wheat bran ; the increase demand for feed was sup- 

 plied by this mixture, which was moistened with water 

 before being fed. The daily quantity needed per head 

 amounted in the besinnina^ of the trial to three ounces and 

 rose towards the close of that period to 12 ounces. Subse- 

 quently — until the 11th of May — another mixture, consist- 

 ing of equal weights of corn meal, gluten meal and wheat 

 bran, was substituted in its place. After May 11 until 

 the close of the experiment, May 31, a larger proportion 

 of corn meal was fed. The daily diet consisted, during that 

 period, of four quarts of skim-milk and a mixture of dry 

 feed, consisting of seven parts of corn meal, one part of 

 gluten meal and one part of wheat In-an. On the 12th of 

 May the daily diet consisted, on an average per head, of 

 four quarts of skim-milk, twenty-eight ounces of corn meal, 

 four ounces of gluten meal and four ounces of wheat bran. 

 The consumption of the solid constituents of the daily fod- 



