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Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 34.0 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 162.0 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 128.0 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 130.0 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 32 lbs., or 19.7 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 102.7 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



159.5 lbs. Corn Meal, at $24.00 per ton, .... $1 91 



184.0 gals. Skim Milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, ... 3 31 



40.5 lbs. AVheat Bran, at |22.50 per ton, .... 46 



60.1 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, .... 56 



$6 24 

 3.02 lbs. of diy matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.77 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.1 cents. 



Fifth Feeding Experiment (E, F, G, II). 



Six pigs of a mixed breed were secured for the observa- 

 tion ; their live weights varied at the beginning of the ex- 

 periment from 25 to 30 pounds. The course of feeding was 

 similar to that adopted in the two previous experiments. 

 Skiin-milk and corn meal furnished, as in the previous trials, 

 a liberal proportion of the daily diet ; gluten meal and wheat 

 bran were used in a somewhat different proportion than 

 before as food ingredients to compound the desired tem- 

 porary fodder ration. The feeding began with four quarts 

 of skim-milk and eight ounces of corn meal ; the increas- 

 ing daily demand for feed was supplied by a mixture of 

 equal weights of gluten meal and wheat bran until October 

 31, when a mixture of equal weights of gluten meal, corn 

 meal and wheat bran took its place in providing the desired 

 daily fodder ration, until the close of the experiment, Jan- 

 uary 15, 1887. At that time from forty-two to forty-eight 

 ounces of this mixture were required per head. 



The results of this experiment, judging from subsequent 

 more detailed statements, are in some instances more favor- 

 al)lc than those previously described ; yet they f\ill behind 

 those obtained in our earlier experiments (I. and II.). 

 The cost of feed consumed per pound of dressed pork varied, 

 m three cases, from 5.2 to 5.8 cents, and reached in one 

 case G.32 cents. The amount of dry matter in the food 



