1894.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



119 



NINETEENTH EXPERIMENT. 



Detailed Record. 



Pig No. 1. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Dec. 13, 1892, to Ajiril 18, 1893. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pouncls). 



Mamirial 



Value 



Obtainable. 



212.25 pounds coi'n meal, 



67.31 pounds gluten feed, 

 766.00 quarts skim-milk, 



182.54 



62.23 



162.23 



52 44 

 71 

 3 45 



m 44 



30 



1 26 



407.00 



$6 60 



12 00 



$2 00 

 41 

 2 19 



$4 60 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, 27.50 lbs. 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . 175.00 " 



Live weight gained during the experiment, .... 147.50 " 



Dressed weight of animal, . 144.00 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 17.95 per cent., .... 31.50 " 

 Dressed weight gained during the exi^eriment, . . . 121.45 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live weight, 2.78 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 i^ound of dressed 



weight, . , 3.35 " 



Total cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, . 5.43 cts. 



Net cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, after 



deducting 30 per cent, of manurial value, . . . . 3.79 " 



