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

 265.59 ijounds barley meal, equal to dry matter, . . 231.33 pounds. 



580.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 64.11 jiounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 80.55 pomids gluten meal, equal to dry matter. 



Total amount of dry matter, . 



128.63 pounds. 

 57.11 jjounds. 

 72.34 pounds. 



489.41 pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 18.75 pounds. 

 Live weight of animal at time of killing, . . . 197.50 pounds. 

 Live weight gained during experiment, . . . . 178.75 poimds. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 159.00 pounds. 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 38.50 poimds, or 19.49 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 143.91 pounds. 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 



265.59 pounds barley meal, at $30.00 per ton, 

 145.00 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents jjer gallon, 

 64.11 pounds wheat bran, at $18 50 per ton, 

 80.55 pounds gluten meal, at $22.00 i^er ton, 



2.74 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 ])ound of live weight, 

 and 3.40 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed 

 weight. 



Cost of feed, for j^roduction of 1 jJound of dressed pork, 5.61 

 cents. 



2 61 

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$8 07 



