EXPERIMENT STATION. 615 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 32.0 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 1G4.0 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 132.0 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 137.0 " 



Loss in Aveight by dressing, . . . 27.0 lbs., or 1G.4 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment?, ... 1 10.2 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during ExpcrimcuL. 



150.0 lbs. Corn ]\Ieal, at $24.00 per ton, $1 80 



127.0 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... 2 29 



128.0 lbs. WTieat Bran, at $22.50 per ton 1 44 



128.0 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, 1 44 



$6 97 



3.C0 lbs, of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.31 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.3 cents. 



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Total Amount of Feed Consumed, from Sept. 15 to Jan. 19. 



149.5 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 130.63 lbs 



508.0 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . . . . 115.21 " 



127.4 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 112.05 " 



127.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 116.00 " 



• Total amoimt of dry matter, . ... 473.89 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 33.0 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 178.3 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 145.3 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 153.0 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 25.3 lbs., or 14.2 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 124.7 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed duriiig Experiment. 



149.5 lbs. Corn meal, at $24.00 per ton, $1 79 



127.0 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... 229 



127.4 lbs. Wheat Bran, at ^2.50 per ton, 1 43 



127.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, 1 43 



fG 94 



3.26 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.80 lbs. of 



dry matter jielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.6 cents. 



