40 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



[B.] 

 Skim Milk and Corn Meal. 



No. 12. 



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



Total amount of dry matter, .... 



Live vi^eight 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, . . . ,43 lbs., or 19. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, ... 



Cost of feed consumed during experiment, — 



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



208 gals. Skim Milk, at 1.8 cents, 



504.0 lbs. 



18 lbs. 

 216 lbs- 

 198 lbs. 

 173 lbs- 

 I per cent. 

 169.5 lbs. 



$4 07 

 3 74 



$7 81 



2.55 lbs of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight ; and 2.97 lbs. 

 of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.61 cents. 



