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Experiment Station Heport. 



[B] 

 Buttermilk and Corn Meal- 

 II. 



Continued. 



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



226 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter 



1,244 qts. Buttermilk, equal to dry matter, .... 



197.48 lbs. 

 190.33 lbs. 



Total amount of dry matter, .... 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, 



Live weight 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 



387.81 lbs. 



45.50 lbs. 



. 238. lbs. 



. 192.50 lbs. 



. 199.25 lbs. 



38.75 lbs., or 16.3 per cent. 



161.2 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 

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

 311 gals. Buttermilk, at 1.37 cents per gal., . 



. $3 16 

 4 26 



$7 42 



387.8 lbs. of dry matter fed, produced 192.50 lbs live weight, and 161.2 

 lbs. dressed weight. 2.01 lbs. dry matter yielded 1 lb. of live weight; 

 and 2.4 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb of pork, 4.64 cents. 



