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Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 10,1889, to March 3, 1890. 



231.52 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, . 

 882.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 



59 11 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, . 



79.82 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, . = . . 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, 



Live weio-ht at time of killino', .... 



Live weight gained during exjjeriment. 



Dressed weight at time of killing. 



Loss in Aveight by dressing, . . , 32.25 pound 



Dressed weight gained during experiment, . 



Pounds. 



. 201.50 



. 195.60 



. 53.63 



. 72.00 



. 525.73 



Pounds. 



. 20.75 

 . 187.75 

 . 167.00 

 . 155.50 

 , or 17.18 per cent. 

 . 138.50 



Cost of Feed constimcd during Exjieriment. 



231.52 jjounds corn meal, at $19.00 i^er ton, 

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

 59 11 pounds Avheat bran, at $16.50 jjer ton, 

 79.82 pounds gluten meal, at $23.00 per ton, 



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3.15 iDOunds of dry matter fed yielded 1 ])ound of live weight, andl 

 3.80 pounds of dr\- matter yielded 1 ])ound of dressed weight. 



Total cost of feed for the jjroduction of 1 pound of dressed port, 

 5.47 cents. 



Xet cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 3.49 

 cents. 



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