1891.] 



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Total Amount of Feed consumed from Sept. 10, 1SS.9, to March 3, ISOO. 



230.27 pounds corn meal, equal to dry matter, . 



882 . 00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, . 

 57.83 ])ounds wheat bi'an, equal to dry matter, 

 77.91 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, 



Total amount of dry matter, 



521.74 



Pounds. 



Live weight of animal at beginning of exiieriment, . . . 18.75 



Live weight at time of killing, 179.50 



Live weight gained during exi^eriment, ..... 160.75 



Dressed Aveight at time of killing, ...... 151.00 



Loss in Aveight by dressing, . . 28.50 pounds, or 15.87 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment, .... 135.25 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



230.27 pounds corn meal, at $19.00 per ton, 

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



57.83 pounds wheat bran, at $16.50 per ton, . 



77.91 pounds gluten meal, at $23.00 jier ton, . 



12 19 

 3 97 

 48 

 90 



$7 54 



3.25 ijounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live Aveight, and 

 3.86 pounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed weight. 



Total cost of feed for the 2Jroduction of 1 pound of dressed pork, 5.57 

 cents. 



Net cost of feed for the production of 1 jjound of dressed pork, 3.59 

 cents. 



Sximmary of Experiment XI. 



