78 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



[R.] 



Total Amount of Feed Consumed from June 28 to Oct. 25. 



194.43 lbs. Corn Meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 1G9.00 lbs. 



692 qts. Skim-milk, equal to dry matter, .... 124.56 " 



58.04 lbs. Wheat Bran, equal to dry matter, . . . 51.58 " 



59.66 lbs. Gluten Meal, equal to dry matter, . . . 53.67 " 



Total amount of dry matter. 



398.81 lbs. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment. 



Live weight at time of killing, . 



Live Aveight gained during experiment. 



Dressed weight at time of killing. 



Loss in weight by dressing, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



23.50 lbs. 

 201.00 " 

 177.50 " 

 156.00 " 

 45 lbs., or 22 per cent. 

 138.45 lbs. 



Cost of Feed Consumed during Experiment. 



194.43 lbs. Com Meal, at ^4.00 per ton, $2 33 



173 gals. Skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .... 3 11 



68.04 lbs. Wheat Bran, at $22.50 per ton, 65 



59.66 lbs. Gluten Meal, at $22.50 per ton, 67 



2.24 lbs. of diy matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 2.8! 



diy matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.89 cents. 



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