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[A] 

 Skim Milk and Corn Meal 

 III. 



Concluded. 



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



265f lbs. Corn Meal, equal to di-y matter, 

 1,452 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, , 



Live weight at beginning of experiment. 



Live weight at time of killing. 



Live weight gained during experiment. 



Dressed weight at time of killing. 



Loss in weight by dressing, . 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . 



231.78 lbs. 

 304.29 lbs. 



. 536.07 lbs. 



50.50 lbs. 

 . 308.50 lbs. 

 . 258. lbs. 

 . 257.25 lbs. 

 51.25 lbs., or 16.64 per cent. 

 . 215.15 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during experiment, — 

 265f lbs. Corn Meal, at 1.4 cents per lb., 

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



$3 72 

 7 26 



$10 98 



536 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 258 lbs. of live weight, and 215.15 

 lbs. dressed weight. 2.8 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of live weight; 

 and 2.5 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of pork, 5.11 cents. 



