110 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Grade Chester Whites (Four Pigs). 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 22 to Sept. 1, 1890. 



948.66 pounds corn and cob meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 2,360.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 303.63 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter,' . 

 349.85 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, ..... 



Pounds. 



815.56 

 523.39 



268.65 

 320.18 



1,927.78 



Aggregate live weight of animals at beginning of experiment, 

 Aggregate live weight at time of killing, .... 

 Live weight gained during experiment, . 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 24.28 per cent 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, 



Pounds. 



122.00 

 762.00 

 640.00 

 577.00 

 or 185.00 

 484.62 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



948.66 pounds corn and cob meal, at $18.00 per ton, 

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

 303.63 pounds wheat bran, at $19.00 per ton, . 

 349.85 pounds gluten meal, at $25.00 per ton, . 



$8 54 



10 62 



2 88 



4 37 



£26 41 



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

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



Cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork at stated 

 market prices, 5.45 cents. 



Net cost per pound of dressed pork produced, 3.49 cents. 



