68 AGEICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



iPotnl Cost of Feed Consumed during the above-stated Experime^its. 



1,778.9 lbs. Corn Meal $21 28 



1,479.0 gals. Skim-milk 26 62 



703.9 lbs. Wheat Bran, 7 92 



723.9 lbs. Gluten Meal, 8 14 



$63 96 



Average cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed jiork, 5.92 cents. 

 Mamirial Value of the Feed Consumed during the above Experiments^ 



Corn Meal. Skim Mil)c. Wheat Bran. Gluten Moal. Total. 



$7 07 $13 31 $4 75 f6 33 $31 46 



Total manurial value of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork 

 2.91 cents. 



Sixth Feeden^g Experiment (I, J, K, L, M). 



Seven animals of a mixed breed were selected for the 

 trial ; their live weight varied from 40 to GO pounds ; five of 

 them remained well ; two became sick and dropped out of 

 the experiment. 



The feeding began Feb. 17th, with a daily ration of 

 seven quarts of milk, twenty-one ounces of com meal and 

 seven ounces each of wheat bran and gluten meal. The 

 amount of skim-milk and corn meal remained the same dur- 

 ing the entire trial, and a mixture of equal weight parts of 

 gluten meal and wheat bran su[)plied subsequently the in- 

 creasing demand for feed. Seven quarts of skim-milk, 

 twenty-one ounces of corn meal and twenty-one ounces of 



