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Total Amount of Feed consumed from, Nov. 8 to March 12. 



741 qts. skim milk, equal to diy matter, . 

 50.26 lbs. corn meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 49.68 lbs. wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 62.10 lbs. gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 

 182.59 lbs. com and cob meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount 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 



133.38 lbs. 

 43.69 " 

 44.15 " 

 56.03 " 



157.59 " 



434.84 lbs. 



26.00 lbs. 

 189.00 " 

 163.00 " 

 154.00 " 

 35 lbs., or 18.52 per cent. 

 132.82 lbs. 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 



185.25 gals, skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, . 

 50.26 lbs. corn meal, at $23.00 per ton, 

 49.68 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton, . 

 62.10 lbs. gluten meal, at $27.00 per ton, . 

 182.59 lbs. corn and cob meal, at $20.70 per ton. 



$3.33 

 .58 



.57 



.84 



1.90 



$7,22 



2.69 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.28 lbs. of 



dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. 

 Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.44 cents. 



