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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan. 



[Y.] 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from Nov. 8 to March 12. 



741 qts. skim milk, equal to dry matter, .... 133.38 lbs. 



60.26 lbs. corn meal, equal to dry matter, .... 43.69 " 

 49.85 lbs. wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 44.30 " 



62.27 lbs. gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 56.19 " 

 183.27 lbs. corn and cob meal, equal to dry matter, . . 158.18 " 



Total amount of dry matter, 



435.74 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 25.00 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 181.50 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 156.50 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 150.00 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 31.00 lbs., or 17.08 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gamed during experiment, . . . 129.27 lbs 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



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



60.26 lbs. corn meal at $23.00 per ton, 



49.85 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton, 



62.27 lbs. gluten meal at $27.00 per ton, 



183.27 lbs. com and cob meal, at |20.70 per ton, 



2.78 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3 37 lbs. 



of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.59 cents. 



$3.33 



.58 



.67 



.84 



1.91 



$7.23 



