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Total Amount of Feed coyisumed from April 30 to August 28. 



257.59 pounds barley meal, equal to dry matter, . . 224.36 pounds. 



580.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . . 128.63 pounds. 



58.91 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . 52.48 pounds. 



72 03 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry mattei-, . . 64.69 jDounds. 



Total amount of dry matter, 470.16 pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 14.00 pounds. 

 Live weight of animal at time of killing, . . . 177.00 pounds. 

 Live weight gained during experiment, .... 163.00 pounds. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 141.00 pounds. 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 36.00 pounds, or 20.34 i)er cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . .129.85 pounds. 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



"ibl.b^ pounds barley meal, at $30.00 per ton, 

 145.00 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, . 



58.91 pounds wheat bran, at $18.50 per ton, . 



72.03 pounds gluten meal, at $22.00 per ton, 



$3 86 



2 61 



54 



79 



|7 80 



2.88 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 jjound of live weight, 

 and 3.62 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed 

 weight. 



Cost of feed for i^roduction of 1 jjound of dressed pork, 6.01 

 cents. 



