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Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 10, 1889, to March 3, 1890. 



231.52 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 882.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 



59 11 pounds •wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . 



79.82 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, . 



Pounds. 



201.50 



195.60 



53.63 



72.00 



525.73 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . . 20.75 



Live weight at time of killing, 187.75 



Live weight gained during experiment, 167.00 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 155.50 



Loss in weight by dressing, . t . . 32.25 pounds, or 17.18 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, 138.50 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



231.52 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 jjer ton, 

 220.50 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, 

 59.11 pounds wheat bran, at $ 16.50 per ton, 

 79.82 pounds gluten meal, at §23.00 per ton, 



$7 58 



3.15 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight, and 

 3.80 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed weight. 



Total cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 

 5.47 cents. 



Xet cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 3.49 

 cents. 



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