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Experiment Station Report. 



[A.] 



Skim-milk and Corn Meal. 



I. 



Total amount of feed consumed from May 21 to Sept. 22, 1884, — 

 221 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 189.57 lbs. 

 1,219 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 255 45 lbs. 



Total amount of dry matter. 



454.02 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 44.75 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 228.75 lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 184. lbs. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 181.75 lbs. 



Loss in weight by dressing, ... 47 lbs., or 20.5 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 146. lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 

 221 lbs. Corn Meal, at 1.4 cents, .... 

 305 gals. Skim-milk, at 2 cents per gal., 



$3 09 

 6 10 



$9 19 



454 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 184 lbs. of live weight, and 146 

 lbs. of dressed weight. 2.47 of dry matter yielded 1 lb. live weight; 

 and 3.11 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. dressed pork, 6.3 cents. 



