470 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 22.50 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 187.00 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 164.50 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 151.00 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, ... 36 lbs., or 19.25 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 132.83 " 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



185.25 gals, skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... |3.33 



50.26 lbs. corn meal, at $23.00 per ton, ..... .58 



49.68 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton, .57 



62.10 lbs. gluten meal at $27.00 per ton, .84 



182.59 lbs. corn and cob meal at $20.70 per ton, . . . 1.90 



$7.22 



2.64 lbs. dry matter yielded 1 lb. live weight, and 3.27 lbs. dry matter 



yielded 1 lb. dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. dressed pork, 6.44 cents. 



Period I. Cost of feed consumed during period, 



21.50 lbs. live weight gained ; cost per lb., . 



17.36 lbs. dressed weight gained ; cost per lb.. 

 Period II. Cost of feed consumed during period, 



62.00 lbs. live weight gained ; cost per lb., . 



41.99 lbs. dressed weight gained; cost per lb., 

 Period III. Cost of feed consumed during period, 



34.00 lbs. live weight gained ; cost per lb., . 



27.45 lbs. dressed weight gained ; cost per lb.. 

 Period IV. Cost of feed consumed during period, 



67.00 lbs. live weight gained ; cost per lb., . 



46.03 lbs. dressed weight gained ; cost per lb.. 



$0.73 

 3.40 cts. 



4.20 cts. 

 $1.72 

 3.31 cts. 

 4.10 cts. 

 $1.80 

 5.29 cts. 

 6.66 cts. 

 $2.97 



5.21 cts. 

 6.45 cts. 



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