Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment.

109.97 lbs. corn meal, at $23 00 per ton,
168.75 gals. skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon,.
118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, at $20.70 per ton,
53.65 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton,
70.38 lbs. gluten meal, at $24.00 per ton,

2.50 lbs. dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.06
lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight.
Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.98 cents.

$1 26 3 04

1 23

62

84

$6.99

Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 12 to August 8.

109.97 lbs. corn meal, equal to dry matter,

95.03 lbs.

675.00 qts. skim milk, equal to dry matter,

121.50 66

118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, equal to dry matter,

102.44 66

Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment,.

Live weight of animal at time of killing,

Live weight gained during experiment,
Dressed weight at time of killing,

Loss in weight by dressing,

Dressed weight gained during experiment,

429.19 lbs.

35.75 lbs., or 18.45 per cent.

140.47 lbs.

Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment.

109.97 lbs. corn meal, at $23.00 per ton,
168.75 gals. skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon,.
118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, at $20.70 per ton,
53.65 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton,
70.38 lbs. gluten meal, at $24.00 per ton,

2.49 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 3.07 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.97 cents.

$1 26 3 04

1 23

62

84

$6.99

Total Amount of Feed consumed from April 12 to August 8.

109.97 lbs. corn meal, equal to dry matter,

675.00 qts. skim milk, equal to dry matter,

118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, equal to dry matter,

53.65 lbs. wheat bran, equal to dry matter,

70.38 lbs. gluten meal, equal to dry matter,

Total amount of dry matter,

Live weight of animal at beginning of experiment, .

Live weight of animal at time of killing,.

Live weight gained during experiment,
Dressed weight at time of killing,

Loss in weight by dressing,

35 lbs., or 17.2 per cent.

153.39 lbs.

Cost of Feed consumed during Experiment.

109.97 lbs. corn meal, at $23.00 per ton,
168.75 gals. skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon, .
118.69 lbs. corn and cob meal, at $20.70 per ton,
53.65 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton,

70.38 lbs. gluten meal, at $24.00 per ton,

2.32 lbs. of dry matter fed yielded 1 lb. of live weight, and 2.81 lbs. of dry matter yielded 1 lb. of dressed weight. Cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 4.56

Total Cost of Feed consumed during the Above-stated Experiment.

659.82 lbs. corn meal, at $23.00 per ton,
1,012.50 gals. skim milk, at 1.8 cents per gallon,
711.11 lbs. corn and cob meal, at $20.70 per ton,
321.63 lbs. wheat bran, at $23.00 per ton, .

$7.59

18 23

7 36

3 70

421.22 lbs. gluten meal, at $24.00 per ton,.

5 05

$41 93

Average cost of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 5.15 cents.

Manurial Value of Feed consumed during the Above Experiment.

cents.

Manurial value of feed for production of 1 lb. of dressed pork, 2.17

$1 26 3 04

1 23

62

84

$6.99

EXPERIMENTS.

SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENTS (II. TO IX. INCLUSIVE). [Based on the same cost of feed and manurial valuation of feed consumed.]

Cost of Feed for the Production of One Pound of Live Weight during the Different Feeding Periods.

The analyses of corn and cob meal and of skim milk are the same as used in the preceding experiment.