110 AGRICULTURAL EXPERLMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Grade Chester Whites (Foior Pigs). 



Total Avioimt of Feed consumed from April 22 to Sept. 1, 1890. 



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

 2,360.00 quarts skim-milk, equal to dry matter, 

 303.63 pounds wheat bran, equal to dry matter, 

 349.85 pounds gluten meal, equal to dry matter, . 



Total amount of dry matter, . ' ■ 



rounds. 



815.56 

 523.39 

 268.65 

 320.18 



1,927.78 



Ao-o;re":ate live weig-ht of animals at befjinnino; of experiment, 



Agrorregfate live weio"ht at time of killino- 



Live weight gained during experiment, . . , . . 

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



Loss in weight by dressing, 



Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



rounds. 



122.00 

 . 762.00 

 . 640.00 

 . 577.00 

 24.28 per cent, or 185.00 

 . 484.62 



Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment. 



948.66 pounds corn and cob meal, at $18.00 per ton, . . $8 54 



590.00 gallons skim-milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, . . 10 62 



303.63 jjounds wheat bran, at $19.00 per ton, .... 288 



349.85 pounds gluten meal, at $25.00 i)er ton, . . . . 4 37 



$26 41 



3.01 pounds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight, and 

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



Cost of feed for the production of 1 pound of dressed jiork at stated 

 market prices, 5.45 cents. 



Net cost per pound of dressed pork produced, 3.49 cents. 



