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Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 32.0 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 1G4.0 " 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 132.0 " 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 137.0 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 27.0 lbs., or 16.4 jDer cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 110.2 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



150.0 lbs. Corn Meal, at $24.00 per ton, $1 80 



127.0 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... 2 29 



128.0 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton 1 44 



128.0 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, 1 44 



$G 97 



3.60 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.31 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of di-essed pork, 6.3 cents. 



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Total Amount of Feed Consumed, from Sejit. 15 to Jan. 19. 



149.5 lbs. Com Meal, equal to dry mattei*, .... 130.63 lbs. 



508.0 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 115.21 " 



127.4 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 112.05 " 



127.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to tli-y matter, . . . 116.00 " 



Total amount of dry matter, . ... 473.89 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . . 33.0 lbs. 



Live weight at time of killing, 178.3 " 



145.3 " 

 153.0 " 

 25.3 lbs., or 14.2 per cent. 

 124.7 lbs. 



Live weight gained during experiment. 

 Dressed weight at time of killing, 

 Loss in weight by dressing, 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



149.5 lbs. Corn meal, at $24.00 per ton, $1 79 



127.0 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... 2 29 



127.4 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton, 1 43 



127.4 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton 1 43 



?6 94 



3.26 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.80 lbs. of 



diy matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed poi-k, 5.6 cents. 



