164 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Tamworth, No. 1 {Experiment III). 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from May 5 to Aug. 12, 1891. 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 41 . 50 



Live weight at time of killing, 184.50 



Live weight gained during experiment, 143.00 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 163.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 21 1 pounds, or 11.65 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 126. S3 



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

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



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 6.06 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. 



