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Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 



109.97 lbs. corn meal, at $23.00 per ton, . 

 168.75 gals, skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, 

 118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, at f 20.70 per ton 

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

 70.38 lbs. gluten meal, at $24.00 per ton, . 



$1 26 

 3 04 

 1 23 



62 

 84 



$6 99 



2.42 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 



3.00 lbs of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.86 cents. 



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Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 12 to August 8. 



109.97 lbs. com meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 95.03 lbs. 



675.00 qts. skim milk, equal to dry matter, . . . 121.50 " 



118.69 lbs. com and cob meal, equal to dry matter, . . 102 44 " 



53.65 lbs. wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 46.94 " 



70.38 lbs. gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 63.28 " 



Total amount of dry matter, 



429.19 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 17.00 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at time of killing, .... 188.75 " 

 Live weight gained during experiment, .... 171.75 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 154.25 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 34.50 lbs., or 18.27 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 140.36 lbs. 



