42 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Cost of Feed per Poujid of Dressed Pork. 



A. Buttermilk and Meal, 5.73 cents. 



B. Skim Milk and Meal, 5.35 cents. 



The pound of dressed pork sold at 6| cents. 



The buttermilk contained 8 per cent, of solids ; one quart 

 of it weighed 34.5 ounces, and contained 2.76 ounces of dry 

 matter; one gallon contained 11.04 ounces of solids. The 

 skim milk contained 10.22 per cent, of solids ; one quart of 

 it weighed 35.5 ounces, and contained 3.63 ounces of solids ; 

 one gallon contained 14.52 ounces of dry organic matter. 



Average of Analyses of Buttermilk from Nov 6, 1884, to Feb. 5, 1885. 



[From Amherst Creamery.] 



Water, 92.00 per cent. 



Total solids, 8.00 



100.00 percent. 

 Analysis of Solids : 



Fat, 0.20 per cent. 



Protein (nitrogenous matter), 2.65 " 



Ash, 0.60 



Non-nitrogenous extract matter, . . . ... 4.55 " 



8.00 per cent. 

 Nutritive Ratio, 1 : 1 .9. 



Average of Analyses of Skim Milk from Nov. 6, 1884, to Feb. 5, 1885. 



[From the Experiment Station Farm.] 



Water, 89.78 per cent. 



Total solids, 10.22 



100.00 percent. 

 Analysis of Solids : 



Fat, 0.33 per cent 



Protein (nitrogenous matter), 3.53 " 



Ash, 0.80 



Non-nitrogenous extract matter, 5.55 " 



10.22 per cent. 

 Nutritive Ratio, 1 : 1.8. 



