1891.] 



PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 



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Medium Yorkshires {Four Pigs). 



Toiccl Amount of Feed consumed from April 22 to Sept. 8, 1890. 



972.76 pounds corn and cob meal, equal to dry matter, , 

 2,471.50 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 281.40 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 317.34 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, .... 



rounds. 



836.28 

 548.11 

 248.98 

 290.43 



1,923.80 



Aggregate live weight of animals at beginning of experiment, 

 Aggregate live weight at time of killing, . . . . . 



Live weight gained during ex^ieriment, . . . . . 



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



Loss in weight by dressing. 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



Pounds. 



133.50 

 . 729.50 

 . 596.00 

 . 579.00 

 20.63 per cent., or 150.50 

 . 473.04 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



972.76 pounds corn and cob meal, at $18.00 per ton, 

 617.88 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents jier gallon, . 

 281.40 pounds wheat bran, at $19.00 per ton, . 

 317.34 j)ounds gluten meal, at f 25.00 jjer ton, . 



f8 VO 

 11 12 



2 67 



3 97 



?2G 51 



3.23 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 jjound of live weight, and 

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



Cost of feed for the production of 1 i^ound of dressed pork at stated 

 market prices, 5.60 cents, 



Xet cost per pound of dressed pork produced, 3.61 cents. 



