1894.] 



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Pig No. 3. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Aug. 9 to Nov. 29, 1892. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Manurial 



Value 



Obtainable. 



185.00 pounds corn meal, 

 521.00 quarts skim-milk, 

 93.82 pounds gluten feed, 



159.08 



107.63 



87.42 



354.13 



}2 23 

 2 34 

 1 08 



|5 65 



$0 42 

 77 

 41 



$1 60 



U 81 

 1 57 

 67 



$4 05 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, 30.50 lbs. 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . 183.75 



Live weight gained during the experiment, .... 153.25 



Dressed weight of animal, 144.50 



Loss in weight by dressing, 21.36 per cent, . . . .39.25 

 Dressed weight gained during the experiment, . . . 119.68 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, 2.31 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of dressed 



weight, 2.96 " 



Total cost of feed joer pound of dressed weight gained, . 4.72 cts. 

 Net cost of feed i)er jjound of dressed weight gained, after 



deducting 30 per cent of manurial value, . . . . 3.38 " 



