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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 $20.70 per ton, 

 63.65 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 



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



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

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.97 cents. 



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



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



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



118.69 lbs. corn 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 



Live weight of animal at time of killing, . 



Live weight gained during experiment, . 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, 



18.25 lbs. 

 203.50 " 

 185.25 " 

 165.50 » 

 35 lbs., or 17.2 per cent. 

 153.39 lbs. 



