102 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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



Pounds. 



. 208.18 



. 195.60 



. 56.09 



. 76.20 



235.68 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, . 

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



62.02 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . 



84.48 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, 536.07 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . . 21.25 



Live weight at time of killing, 184.00 



Live weight gained during experiment, . 162.75 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 152.00 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . .32.00 pounds, or 17.39 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, . .... 134.50 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



235.68 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 per ton, 

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



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



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



$7 69 



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

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



Total cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5.72 

 cents. 



Net cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 3.74 

 cents. 



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