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Total Amount of Feed Consumed from Bee. 8 to May 31. 

 145.8 lbs. Corn IMeal, equal to dry matter, . 

 740.0 qts. Skini-Milk, equal to dry matter, . 

 -33.0 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, . 

 43.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, ..... 



Live weiglit of animal at beginning of experiment, . 

 Live weight at time of killing, ..... 

 Live Aveight gained during experiment, 

 Dressed weight at time of killing, .... 



Loss in Aveight by dressing, . 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



27.8 lbs., or 19.3 per cent. 

 89.3 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Cons7imed dttring Experiment. 



145.8 lbs. Corn Meal, at §24.00 per ton, .... $1 7o 



185.0 gals. Skh-Q-Milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, ... 3 30 



33.1 lbs. Wheat Bran at §22.50 per ton, .... 37 



43.4 lbs. Gluten Meal at ^22.50 per ton, .... 49 



$5 91 



'3.28 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.08 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 6.6 cents. 



Total Amount of Feed Consum,ed from Dec. 8 to May 31. 

 159.5 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 138.4 lbs. 

 737.0 qts. Skim-Milk, equal to diy matter, .... 167.2 " 

 40.5 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, .... 35.7 " 



50.1 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, .... 46.0 " 



Total amount of dry matter, . 



387.3 lbs. 



