1892.] 



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Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Poland China, No. 2 {Experiment III.). 



jTo^aZ Amount of Feed consumed from May 12 to Sex>t. 7, 1891. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 23.50 



Live weight at time of killing, 180.00 



Live weight gained during experiment, 156 . 50 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 143.50 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 36 J- pounds, or 20.28 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 124.77 



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

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



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 6.03 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, 4.58 cents. 



