120 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Pig No. 2. 



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



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Manurial 



Value 



Obtainable. 



221.64 pounds corn meal, 

 74.56 i:)ouncls gluten feed, . 

 780.00 quarts skim-milk, 



190.61 



68.93 



165.20 



$2 55 

 72 

 3 51 



424.74 



$6 78 



fO 46 



33 



1 28 

 $2 07 



$2 09 

 39 

 2 23 



$4 71 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, 25 . 25 lbs. 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . 176.00 " 



Live weight gained during the experiment, .... 150.75 " 



Dressed weight of animal, 140.00 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 20.45 per cent, . . . . 36.00 " 

 Dressed weight gained duT'ing the experiment, . . . 119.92 " 

 Povinds of dry matter fed produced 1 pound of live Aveight, 2.82 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed produced 1 jiound of dressed 



weight, 3.54 " 



Total cost of feed per pound of dressed w^eight gained, . 5.65 cts. 

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



deducting 30 per cent, of manurial value, . , , . 3.93 " 



