1886.] 



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[B.] 

 Skim Milk and Corn Meal. 



No. 7. 



* Buttermilk 



Total amount of feed consumed from Nov. 5, 1884, to March 17, 1885, — 



338.0 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, 

 755 qts. Skim Milk, equal to dry matter, 

 456 qts. Buttermilk, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, .... 



Live weight of animal at beginning of e.Kperiraent, 

 Live weight at time of killing, .... 



Live weight gained during experiment, . 

 Dressed weight at time of killing, .... 



339.2 lbs. 



171.2 lbs. 



78.7 lbs. 



589.1 lbs. 



37.0 lbs. 

 254.0 lbs. 

 207.0 lbs. 

 208.5 lbs. 



Loss in weight by dressing, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



Cost of feed during experiment, — 

 388.5 lbs. Corn Meal, at $22.50 per ton, . 

 189 gals. Skim Milk, at 1.8 cents per gal., . 

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



. 45 5 lbs., or 17 8 per cent. 

 . 178.0 lbs. 



$i 37 

 3 40 

 1 56 



$9 33 



2.71 lbs, of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight; and 3.31 lbs. 

 of diy matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. dressed pork, 5.24 cents. 



