162 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Detailed Statement of Third Experiment — Continued. 

 Poland China, No. 1 {Experiment III.). 



Total Amount of Feed consumed from May 12 to Sejit. 7, 1891. 



Pounds. 



23.75 

 195.25 

 171.50 

 155.50 



Live weiglit of animal at beginning of exiieriment. 



Live weight at time of killing, 



Live weight gained during expei'iment, .... 



Dressed weight at time of killing, 



Loss in weight by dressing, . . 40 jwuiids, or 20. 4G per cent 



Dressed weiglit gained during experiment, .... 13G.G1 



2.38 pounds dry matter fed yielded 1 pound live weight, and 2.98 

 l)ounds of dry matter yielded 1 pound of dressed weight. 



Cost of feed for jjroduction of 1 pound of dressed i)ork, 5.54 cents. 



Net cost of feed for production of 1 2)oimd of dressed pork, allowing 

 a loss of 30 per cent, of manurial value of feed, 4.22 cents. 



