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The total increase of live weight up to December 23 

 was 298 pounds, during which time 482 pounds of com 

 meal was consumed or 1.62 pounds of grain per pound 

 of growth. The area grazed over was 34,944 square 

 feet, or nearlv five-sixths of an acre. 



This is equal to a gain of 371.4 pounds of live weight 

 from one acre of peanuts assisted by 601 pounds of 

 corn meal. If we assume that it required 5 pounds of 

 grain to proidtucei oine pound of growth and subtract this 

 amount of pork we have left 251 pounds of increase in 

 live weight attributable exclusively to a poor crop of 

 peanuts on one acre; With pork worth 4 cents per 

 pound gross this gives a value of |10.04 to an acre of 

 peanuts converted into pork. 



Peanuts, corn meal and milk. — From September 30 

 to November 4, 1899, account ;^'as kept of the food 

 consumed by a sow and litter of /'t)igs farrowed Sep- 

 tember 2. The food consumeBf'^ during these five 

 weeks was as follows : 



355 pounds comi meal at 1 cent |3.55 



921 pounds skim milk at ^ cent 2 . 30 



Total $5.85 



In addition to the above food, Spanish peanuts from 

 one-fourth acre of land were also fedL 



During this time the sow made a gain of 9 pounds, 

 showing that oin a sufficiently nutritious and palatable 

 diet the weight of the nursing sow can be maintained. 

 The pigs made a gain of 226.5 pounds. The total gain 

 of sow and pigs was 235.5 pounds, making the cost of 

 grain and skim milk for one pound of growth 2.5 cents. 



Assuming that one pound of growth of sow and pigs 

 requires 5 pounds of grain in a ration like this, and 



