32 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



[A.] 

 Buttermilk and Corn Meal. 



No. 4. 



Total amount of feed consumed ffom Nov. 1, 1884, to March 26, 1885, 



338 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, 

 1,147 qts. Buttermilk, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, . 



295.0 lbs. 

 197.7 lbs. 



492.7 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 19 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 165 lbs. 



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



Dressed weight at time oi killing, 138 lbs. 



Loss in weight by dressing, .... 32 lbs., or 19.5 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 118 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during the experiment, — 

 338 lbs. Corn Meal at $22.50 per ton, 

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



$3 80 

 3 93 



$7 73 



3.37 lbs. of dry matter fed, yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.17 lbs. 

 of dry matter yielded I lb. of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.65 cents. 



