1891.] 



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Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 10, 1889, to March 3, 18,90. 



Pounds. 



230.27 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, .... 203.40 



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



57. S3 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 52.47 



77.91 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 70.27 



Total amount of dry matter, 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 



Live weight at time of killing, 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 



Di'essed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 28.50 pounds, or 15.87 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 135.25 



521.74 



Pounds. 



18.75 

 179.50 

 160.75 

 151.00 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



230.27 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 per ton, 



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



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



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



$7 54 



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

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



Total cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5.57 

 cents. 



Net cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 3 . 59 

 cents. 



Summary of Experiment XL 



