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Summary of Experiment VIE. 



Total Cost of Feed consumed during the Above-stated Experiment (1887). 



1,386.40 lbs. corn meal, at $24.00 per ton, $16 64 



1,220.00 gals, skim milk, at 1.8 cents i^er gallon, . . . 21 96 



412.29 lbs. wheat bran, at $22.50 per ton, .... 4 64 



424.23 lbs. gluten meal, at $22.50 per ton, .... 5 77 



$48 01 



Average cost of feed for production of one pound of dressed pork, 

 6.15 cents. 



Manurial Value of Feed consumed during the Above Experiment. 



Corn Meal. 



$5 52 



Skim Milk. 

 $11 32 



Wheat Bran. 



f2 97 



Gluten Meal. 

 13 71 



Total. 



$23 62 



Manurial value of feed for production of one pound of dressed pork, 

 2.52 cents. 



The cost of feed consumed varied, in case of different 

 animals, from 4.80 to 5.49 cents per pound of dressed pork 

 produced. 



Taking the entire lot of animals into consideration, it 

 amounts to 5.15 cents per pound of dressed pork obtained. 

 The amount of dry matter contained in the feed required for 

 the production of one pound of dressed pork varied from 

 2.83 to 3.24 pounds. 



