1894.] 



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NINETEENTH EXPERIMENT. 



Detailed Eecord. 



Pig No. 1. 



Total Amount of Feed consumed fro-m Dec. 13, 1892, to April 18, 1893. 



Dry Matter 

 (Pounds). 



Mamirial 



Value 



Obtainable. 



212.25 pounds corn meal, 

 67.31 pounds gluten feed, 

 766.00 quarts skim-milk, 



182.54 



62.23 



162.23 



J2 44 

 71 

 3 45 



10 44 



30 



1 26 



407.00 



$6 60 



$2 00 



f2 00 

 41 

 2 19 



$4 60 



Live weight of animal at the beginning of the experiment, 27.50 lbs. 

 Live weight of animal at the time of killing, . . . 175.00 " 



Live weight gained during the experiment, .... 147 . 50 " 



Dressed weight of animal, 144.00 " 



Loss in weight by dressing, 17.95 per cent., .... 31.50 " 

 Dressed weight gained during the expei'iment, . . . 121.45 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed i^roduced 1 i:)Ound of live weight, 2.78 " 

 Pounds of dry matter fed i^roduced 1 pound of dressed 



weight, 3.35 " 



Total cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, . 5.43 cts. 



Net cost of feed per pound of dressed weight gained, after 



deducting 80 per cent, of manurial value, . . . , 3.79 " 



