162 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Poland China, No. 1 (Experiment III.). 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from May 12 to Sept. 7, 1891. 



Pounds. 



23.75 

 195.25 

 171.50 

 155.50 



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, . . 40 pounds, or 20.46 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 136.61 



2.38 pounds dry matter fed yielded 1 pound live weight, and 2.98 

 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5.54 cents. 



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

 a loss of 30 per cent, of manurial value of feed, 4.22 cents. 



