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Total Amount of Feed consumed from Ajyril SO to August 28. 



265.59 pounds barley meal, equal to dry matter, 

 580.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 64.11 i)ounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 80.55 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, . 



231.33 ijounds. 

 128.63 jjounds. 



57.11 jiounds. 



72.34 j)ounds. 



489.41 pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 18.75 pounds. 

 Live weight of animal at time of killing, . . . 197.50 pounds. 

 Live weight gained during experiment, .... 178.75 pounds. 

 Dressed weight at time of killing, . . . . . 159.00 pounds. 

 Loss in weight by dressing, . . 38.50 pounds, or 19.49 per cent. 



Dressed weight gained dui-ing experiment, . . . 143.91 pounds. 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment 



265.59 pounds barley meal, at $30.00 per ton, 

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

 64.11 pounds wheat bran, at f 18 50 per ton, 

 80.55 pounds gluten meal, at |22.00 per ton. 



2.74 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight, 

 and 3.40 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed 

 weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5.61 

 cents. 



$3 98 



2 61 



59 



89 



$8 07 



