Total Cost of Feed consumed during the above stated Experiment, 



{1887.) 

 1,38(3.40 lbs. com meal, at $24.00 per ton, $16.64 



1,220.0 gals, skill! inillv, at 1.8 cts per gallou, 21.96 



412. 2') lbs. wheat bran, at $22.50 per ton, 4.64 



424.23 lbs. gluten meal, at $22.50 per ton, 5.77 



$48.01 

 Average cost of feed for |)rudiK!tion of I U). of dressed pork, 5.15 

 cents. 



Manurial Value of the Feed consumed during the above Experiment. 



Corn meal. Skim milk. Wheat bran. Gluten meal. Total. 



$5.52 $11.32 $2.'J7 $3.71 $23.52 



Manurial value of feed for production of 1 U). of dressed pork, 



2.52 cents. 



The cost of feed consumed varied, in case of different animals, 



from 4.80 to 5.49 cents per pound of dressed pork produced. 



Taking the entire lot of animals into consideration il amounts to 



5.15 cents per pound of dressed pork ol)t:iined. The amount of 



dry matter contained in the feed required for tlie [)roduction of one 



pound of dressed pork varied (rora 2.83 to 3.24 lbs. 



Basis of Valuation of Essential Fertilizing Constit'uents contained in 

 the Various Articles of Fodder used, {1887.) 



EIGHTH FEEDING EXPERIMENT. 



Sis animals of a mixed breed, weighing from twenty-three to 

 twenty-nine pounds each served in the experiment. The latter began 

 November 8, '87, and lasted until March 12, '88, or 124 days; the 



