EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 61.5 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at time of killing, .... 145.0 " 



Live weight gained during exj^eriment, .... 83.5 " 



Dressed weiglit at time of killing, 119.6 " 



Loss in weight by dressing .... 2.54 lbs., or 17.5 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 68.9 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



113.8 lbs. Corn Meal, at $24.00 per ton, 



131.0 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... 



39.6 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton 



39.6 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 i^er ton, 



$4 63 

 3.47 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.20 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for pi-oduction of 1 lb. of di-essed pork, 6.72 cents. 



[L.] 



Total Amount of Feed Consumed from Feb. 1 7 io May 2. 

 113.8 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 525.0 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . 

 39.6 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, 

 39.6 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, .... 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, 



Live weight of animal at time of killing, . 



Live weight gained during experiment, 



Dressed weight at time of killing, .... 



Loss in weight by dressing, .... 25.1, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment 

 113.8 lbs. Corn Meal, at |24.00 per ton, . 

 131.0 gals, of Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, 

 39.6 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton, . 

 39.6 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, . 



$4 63 

 3.42 lbs. of dry matter fed jielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.15 lbs. of 



diy matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.64 cents. 



[M.] 

 Total Amount of Feed Consumed from Feb. 17 to May 2. 

 113.8 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 99.43 lbs. 



525.0 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 119.07 " 

 89.6 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 84.83 " 



39.6 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to diy matter, . . . 86.05 " 



Total amount of diy matter. 



289.38 lbs. 



