72 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Live weight 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, . . . 



46.0 lbs. 

 170.0 " 

 130.0 " 

 145.2 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, 



30.8 lbs., or 17.5 per cent. 

 107.2 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 

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

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

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

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



$1 37 



2 3G 



45 



45 



$4 63 



2.23 lbs. of diy matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 2.70 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed i^ork, 4.32 cents. 



Summary op Experiment VI. 



Total Cost of Feed Consumed during the above-stated Experiment. 



569.0 lbs. Corn Meal, f 6 83 



655.0 gals. Skim-milk, 11 79 



198.0 lbs. A\lieat Bran, 2 23 



198.0 lbs. Gluten Meal, 2 23 



$23.08 

 Average cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.69 cents. 



Ma?itirial Value of the Feed Coiisumed during the above Experiment, 



Corn Moal. Skim-miltc. Wheat Bnin. Glntcn Meal. Total. 



$2 27 %b 94 $1 33 fl 73 $11 27 



Manurial value of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 

 2.78 cents. 



