Experiment Station Beport. 



71 



[A.] 



Skim-milk and Corn Meal — Continued. 



II. 



PERIODS. 



May 

 June 



July 



Aus:. 



Sept. 



21-31, 



1-9, 



9-17, 

 17-24, 

 24-30, 



1-7, 



7-14, 

 14-22, 

 22-29, 

 29-Aug. 



5-12, 

 12-19, 

 19-26, 

 26-Sept. 



2-9, 



9-16, 

 16-22, 



Feed Consumed. 



Meal (ozs.) 



100 

 132 

 192 

 152 

 160 

 210 

 210 

 288 

 252 

 228 

 180 

 252 

 252 

 258 

 294 

 294 

 210 



Skim-milk 

 (qts.) 



58 



54 

 64 

 60 

 54 

 70 

 70 

 96 

 84 

 76 

 60 

 84 

 84 

 86 

 98 

 98 

 70 



Weight of 



Animal 



(lbs.) 



64^ 



77 



87^ 



97| 

 109 

 121^ 

 130| 

 141| 

 1541 

 162| 

 167| 

 179 

 190| 

 1931 

 2111 

 221| 

 230^ 



Daily Increase 

 in Live Weight, 



lbs. 12 OZS. 



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



226J lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 1,256 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, . . . 



197.92 lbs. 

 263.21 lbs. 



461.13 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment. 



Live weiglit 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. 



54.50 lbs. 

 . 230.25 lbs. 

 . 175.75 lbs. 

 . 195. lbs. 

 35.25 lbs., or 15.3 per cent. 

 . 148.84 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 

 226| lbs. Corn Meal, at 1.4 cents per lb., . 

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



$3 17 

 6 28 



$9 45 



461 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 175.75 lbs. of live weight; and 

 148.84 lbs. of dressed weight. 263 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. live 

 weight ; and 3.08 lbs. dry matter yielded 1 lb. dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of pork, 6.4 cents. 



