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Set a. Dr. 



To 2 pigs 1 month old $8 00 



To feed until three months old, 200 pounds bran, $3.00, and 



270 quarts skim milk, $2.70 5 70 



To feed after three months, 1495.5 pounds corn meal at $1.88 



per cwt., delivered 28 12 



To 684 quarts skim milk 6 84 



To butchering and marketing 2 00 



$50 66 

 Set a. Cr. 



By 470 pounds at 11 cents per pound $51 70 



Cost of dressed pork per pound, 10.77 cents. 



Set B not being sufficienth^ fat its feeding was continued thirty- 

 five days upon corn meal and water. The gain during this time was 

 176 pounds upon 724 pounds meal, 4.11 pounds of meal being 

 required for one pound of gain. During the feeding upon meal 

 alone the gain appeared to be in fat, rather than in growth. At 

 time of slaughtering they were ripe, but not so excessivel}^ fat as 

 were the members of set A. The account is as follows : 



Set B. Dr. 



To 2 pigs 1 month old $8 00 



To feed until three months old, 200 pounds bran, $3.00 ; 270 



quarts skim milk, $2.70 5 70 



To feed after three months, 1515.5 pounds of mixture at 



$1.88 per cwt 28 49 



To feed after seventh period, 720 pounds corn meal at $1.80 



per cwt 13 02 



To butchering and marketing 2 00 



$57 21 

 Set B, Cr. 



By 608 pounds pork at 9 cents per pound $54 72 



Cost of dressed pork per pound, 9.41 cents. 



There was a decline of two cents per pound in the maiket pi-ice of 

 pork between the sales of set A and set B. No account was made 

 of labor in caring for animals, or for manure resulting from food 

 consumed. It is evident there was no profit in the above feeding. 

 It must not be forgotten that the prime object in this test was not 

 to see how cheaply pork could be made, but rather the comparison 

 of feeds and their produce when fed at different ages of animals. 



