ON FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 



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[A.] 



Skim-milk and Corn Meal — Continued. 



II. 



, Total amount of feed consumed from May 21 to Sept. 22, — 

 2261 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 197.92 lbs. 

 1,256 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 263.21 lbs. 



Total amount of dry matter. 



461.13 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 54.50 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 230.25 lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 175.75 lbs. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 195. lbs. 



Loss in weight by dressing, .... 35.25 lbs., or 15.3 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 148.84 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 



226| lbs. Corn Meal, at 1.4 cents per lb., 



314 gals. Skim-milk, at 2 cents per gal., . . 



^3 17 

 6 28 



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461 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 175.75 lbs. of live weight; and 

 148.84 lbs. of dressed weight. 263 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. live 

 weight; and 3.08 lbs. dry matter yielded 1 lb. dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of pork, 6.4 cents. 



