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Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 



259.51 pounds barley meal, at $30 00 per ton, 

 159.75 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, 

 60 36 pounds wheat bran, at $18.50 per ton, 

 76.25 pounds gluten meal, at $22.00 per ton, 



2.90 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 jjound of live weight, 

 and 3.62 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed' 

 weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed jjork, 6.04 

 cents. 



(4) 



13 89 



2 88 



56 



84 



J8 17 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 23 to August 28. 

 266.31 pounds barley meal, equal to dry matter, . . 231 96 pounds. 



641.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 64.04 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 82.10 jjounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter. 



Total amount of dry matter, 



142.16 pounds. 

 57.05 pounds. 

 73.73 pounds. 



504.90 pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 23.00 pounds. 

 Live weight of animal at time of killing, . . . 200.00 jjomids. 

 Live weight gained during experiment, .... 177.00 pounds. 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 102.00 jDounds. 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 38.00 pounds, or 19 00 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . . . 143.37 pounds. 



Cost of Feed consumed daring Fxjjeriment. 



266.31 pounds barley meal, at $30.00 per ton, .... $3 99 



160.25 gallons skim-milk, at 1 8 cents per gallon, . . . 2 88 



64.04 pounds wheat bran, at $18 50 per ton, . . . . 59 



82.10 pounds gluten meal, at $22.00 per ton, .... 91 



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