IGO AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Berkshire, No. 1 {Experiment III.) . 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from May 26 to Se])t. 30, 1891. 



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, 

 Lossin weight by dressing, . . 3i>i pound 

 Dressed weight gained during experiment. 



rounds. 



25.50 

 . 203.00 

 . 177.50 

 . 163.50 

 s, or 19.46 per cent. 

 . 142. 90 



2.74i)()unds of dry matter fed yielded 1 pound of live weight, and 

 3.40 poimds of dry matter yielded 1 i^ound of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed pOTk, 6.20 cents. 



Net cost of feed for production of 1 pound of dressed j^ork, allowing 

 a loss of 30 per cent, of the manurial value of the feed, 4.69 cents. 



