100 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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



Pounds. 



262.72 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, .... 232.06 



882.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . . . .195.60 



65 64 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . , .59.56 



88.10 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . . . . 79.47 



Total amount of cby matter, . 



566.69 



rounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . . 19.00 



Live weight at time of killing, 197.25 



Live weight gained during experiment, 178 . 25 



Dressed weight at time of killing, . ... 163.50 

 Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 33. 75 pounds, or 17 . 11 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, 147.75 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



262.72 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 per ton, 

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



65.64 pounds wheat bran, at $16.50 per ton, . 



88. 10 pounds gluten meal, at $23.00 per ton, . 



$2 50 

 3 97 



54 



1 01 



$8 02 



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

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



Total cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5 . 43 

 cents. 



Net cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 3.45 

 cents. 



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