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the stated mixture were fed daily to each animal, at the 

 close of the trial, May 2, 1887. The cost of feed con- 

 sumed, per pound of dressed pork produced, varied from 

 G.72 to 4.32 cents. Taking the entire amount of dressed 

 pork produced, during the experiment, into consideration, 

 the cost of feed per pound of dressed pork amounts to 5.G9 

 cents. The amount of dry matter contained in the feed re- 

 quired to produce one pound of dressed pork varied from 

 2.70 to 4.15 pounds. 



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Total Amount of Feed Consumed from Feb. 17 to May 2. 



113.8 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 525.0 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . 

 39.6 lbs. Wlieat Bran, equal to dry matter, . 

 39.6 lbs. Gluten ]Meal, equal to dry matter. 



Total amomit of dry matter, . . . . 



Live wefght of animal at beginning of experiment, . 



Live weight of animal at time of killing, . 



Live weight gained during experiment. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, . . . . 



Loss in weight by dressing, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



99.43 lbs. 

 119.07 " 

 34.83 " 

 3G.05 " 



289.38 lbs. 



42.0 lbs. 

 125.0 " 



84.5 " 

 104.4 " 

 22.1 lbs. or 17.5 per cent. 



69.7 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 

 113.8 lbs. Corn Meal, at $24.00 per ton, .... 

 131.0 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, . 

 39.6 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton, .... 

 39.6 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, .... 



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 3.42 lbs. of diy matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 4.15 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

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



