. Annual report. Agricultural education. 230 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. Additional Data. In order to throw light on the price returned for skim- roilk and the cost of feed required to produce a pound of live and dressed weight, the following additional data is presented, and the amount of feed consumed is reckoned from October 15, when the pigs were received, to February 12, when they were slaughtered. The results below are based on the entire lot of six Pounds. Total milk consumed by six pigs, Total grain consumed by six pigs, Live weight actually gained, Dressed weight actually g
. Annual report. Agricultural education. 230 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. Additional Data. In order to throw light on the price returned for skim- roilk and the cost of feed required to produce a pound of live and dressed weight, the following additional data is presented, and the amount of feed consumed is reckoned from October 15, when the pigs were received, to February 12, when they were slaughtered. The results below are based on the entire lot of six Pounds. Total milk consumed by six pigs, Total grain consumed by six pigs, Live weight actually gained, Dressed weight actually gained, . 8,921 1,920 968 762 PRICE RETURNED When Corn Meal sells at $18 per Ton and Dressed Pork at — When Corn Meal sells at $24 per Ton and Dressed Pork at — FOR SKIM-MILK. Five Cents. Six Cents. Seven Cents. Eight Cents. Five Cents. Six Cents. Seven Cents. Eight Cents. Per quart (fraction of cent), Per 100 pounds (cents), .50 .69 .87 .36 .54 .73 .91 The pigs were six weeks old when they were received, and weighed about 33 pounds each. When slaughtered they averaged pounds each. The pigs made a rapid growth, and the results are fully as favorable as could be hoped for. of Feed per Pound of Growth produced, (Cents). Live Weight. Dressed Weight. >rn ;tl DOttl $18 pel ton and milk \ cent per quart, When corn meal OOttl $18 per ton and milk \ cent per quart, Mfn meal costs $24 per ton and milk \ cent per quart, .:n him] routs $24 per ton and milk \ cent per quart, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massachusetts Agricultural College; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station; Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station. Annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachuse
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