1892.] 



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Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Coutinued. 



Small Yorkshire, Ko. 2 (Exjyeriment III.). 



Tb^a^ Amount of Feed consumed from April 28 to Sept. 30, 1891. 



rounds. 



26.50 

 200.50 

 174.00 

 167.50 



Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, . 

 Live weight at time of killing, ...... 



Live weight gained during experiment, .... 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . . 33 pounds, or 16.46 per cent. 

 Dressed weight gained during ex})eriment, .... 145.36 



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

 3.41 j)ounds of dry matter yielded 1 j^ound of dressed weight. 



Cost of feeder production of 1 pound of dressed pork, 6.46 cents. 



Net cost of feed for production of 1 i^ound of dressed jjork, allowing 

 a loss of 30 per cent, of manurial value of feed, 4.95 cents. 



