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Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 23 to August 28. 



263.97 pounds barley meal, equal to dry matter, 

 641.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to diy matter, 

 64.78 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 83.47 pounds ghaten meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, 



229.92 pounds. 

 142. IG pounds. 



57.71 pounds. 



74.96 pounds. 



504.75 pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 23.00 pounds. 

 Live weight of animal at time of killing, . . . 185.00 pounds. 

 Live weight gained during exjjeriment, .... 162.00 pounds. 

 Dressed weight at time of killing, ..... 153.50 pounds. 

 Loss in Aveight by dressing, . . 31.50 povmds, or 17.03 i^er cent. 



Dressed weight gained during exjjeriment, . . . 134.41 pounds. 



Cost of Feed consumed daring Experiment. 



263.97 pounds barley meal, at $30.00 per ton, .... 

 160.25 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, 



64.78 povinds wheat bran, at f 18.50 per ton, . . . . 



83.47 pounds gluten meal, at $22.00 per ton, .... 



3.12 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight, and 

 3.76 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for jsroduction of 1 pound of dressed pork, 6.22 

 cents. 



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Total Amount of Feed cons^imed from April 23 to August 28. 

 260.49 pounds barley meal, equal to dry matter, . . 226.89 jiounds. 



641.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 63.57 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 82.32 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, 



142.16 j)ounds. 

 56.63 i^ounds. 

 73.93 pounds. 



499.61 pounds. 



