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Total Amount of Feed Consumed from June 28 to Oct. 27. 



203.09 lbs. Corn ]\Ieal, equal to dry matter, 

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

 60.21 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, 

 61.83 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter. 



Total amoimt of dry matter, .... 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 



Live weight 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. 



40.5 lbs., or 21 per cent, 

 127.19 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



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

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

 60.21 lbs. Wheat Bran, at -$22.50 per ton, .... 

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



f2 44 



3 17 



68 



70 



$6 99 



2.56 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.24 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.49 cents. 



