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BOx^D OF AGRICULTURE. 



Live weiglit of animal at beginning of expei'iment, . . 46.0 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at time of killing, .... 176.0 " 



Live weight gained dnring experiment, ... 130.0 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, . . . 145.2 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 30.8 lbs., or 17.5 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 107.2 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 

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

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

 39.G lbs. \\nieat Bran, at $22.50 per ton, .... 

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



$4 63 

 2.23 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 2.70 lbs. of 



dry mattei" 3'ielded 1 lb. of dressed woiglit. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed jjork, 4.32 cents. 



Summary of Experiment VI. 



Total Cost of Feed Consumed during the above-stated Experiment. 



569.0 ll)s. Corn Meal, f6 83 



655.0 g.ils. Skim-milk, . . 1179 



198.0 11 >s. Wheat Bran, 2 23 



198.0 lbs. Gluten Meal, .2 23 



$23.08 

 Average cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.69 cents. 



Manurial Value of the Feed Consumed during the above Experiment. 



Corn Mi'al. Skim-railk. Wheat Bran. Gluten MeaU Total. 



$2 27 f5 94 $1 33 fl 73 ?11 27 



Manurial value of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 

 2.78 cents. 



