28 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



[B.] 

 Skim Milk and Corn Meal. 



No. 10. 



Total amount of feed consumed from Nov. 5, 1884, to March 25, 1885, — 

 361.5 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 315.5 lbs. 

 831.0 qts. Skim Milk, equal to dry matter, .... 188.5 lbs. 



Total amount of dry matter, 



604.0 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 18.5 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 209.0 lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment, 190.5 lbs. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 168 5 lbs. 



Loss in weight by dressing, .... 40.5 lbs. or 19.4 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 154.0 lbs. 



Cost of feed consumed during experiment, — 

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

 208 gals. Skim Milk, at 1.8 cts. per gal., 



$4 07 

 3 74 



$7 81 



2.64 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded one pound of live weight; and 3.27 

 lbs. of dry matter yielded one pound of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5 07 cts. 



