1(30 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Berkshire, No. 1 (Experiment III.) . 



FEEDING PERIODS. 



1891. 



May 26 to July 20, . 



July 21 to Aug. 17, . 

 Aug. 18 to Sept. 30, . 



1:3.12 I 25.50 

 1 :4.23 [ 88.50 

 1:4.91 I 129.00 



129.00 

 203.00 



o a 

 a A 



o 



1.13 

 1.45 

 1.72 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from May 26 to Sejit. 30, 1891. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment 



Live weight at time of killing, . 



Live weight gained during experiment, 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment 



rounds. 



25.50 



. 203.00 



. 177.50 



. 163.50 



39^ pounds, or 19.46 per cent. 



142.96 



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

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



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 6.20 cents. 



Net cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, allowing 

 a loss of 30 per cent, of the manurial value of the feed, 4.69 cents. 



