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consumed for the production of one pound of dressed pork 

 varied, in three cases, from 3.56 to 3.99 pounds, and rose, 

 in one case, to 4.31 pounds. The live weight gained during 

 the entire experiment varied from 132 to 158 pounds. Two 

 animals were sick for some weeks and appear not in the 

 record below. 



[E.] 



Total Amount of Feed Consumed from Sej)t. 15 to Jan. 15. 



137.3 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 119.58 lbs. 

 492.0 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 111.58 " 



117.4 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 102.99 " 

 117.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 10G.89 " 



Total amount of dry matter. 



441.04 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 30.8 lbs. 



Live weight at the time of killing, 1G4.3 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 133.5 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 136.0 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . , 28.5 lbs., or 17.3 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 110.5 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



137.3 lbs. Com Meal, at $24.00 per ton f 1 64 



123.0 gals, of Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, ... 2 21 



117.4 lbs. Wheat Bran, at l?22.50 per ton, . . . . . 1 32 

 117.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, 1 32 



$6.49 

 3.30 lbs. of di-y matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.99 lbs. of 



diy matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.8 cents. 



