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Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 10, 18S9, to March 3, 1890. 



274.66 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 882.00 quails skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 



68.50 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . 



90.58 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 



Pounds. 



242.61 



195.60 



62.15 



81.70 



Total amount of dry matter, 582 . 06 



Live weight of animal 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, . . .32.00 pounds 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . 



Pounds. 



. 24.25 

 . 199.00 

 . 174.75 

 . 167.00 

 or 16.08 per cent. 

 . 146.75 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



274.66 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 per ton, 

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

 68.50 pounds wheat bran, at $ 16.50 per ton, 

 90.58 pounds gluten meal, at $23.00 per ton, . 



$2 61 

 3 67 



57 



1 04 



$8 19 



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

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



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

 5.58 cents. 



Net cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 3.60 

 cents. 



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