REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



LOT II. FULL FATTENING RATION — FIVE STEERS. 



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PIGS. 

 At present the stock of breeding pigs consists of the following pure bred animals : 



Improved Large Yorkshires. .1 boar 9 months. 



2 sows 1 year. 



3 sows 9 months. 



Improved Berkshires 1 boar 2| years. 



2 sows 9 months. 



Tamworths ] boar 2 years. 



1 sow 15 months. 



1 sow 6 months. 



There are besides a number of young Yorkshires and Tamworths about three 

 months old. 



The ' soft ' pork investigations are being continued, a full report of which will 

 be published at a later date. 



Economy of Fori- Production. 



A number of pigs have been fed upon artichokes (see page 94) on rape, (see 

 page 92) on pumpkins, raw and cooked; (see page 93) on clover pasture, on steamed 

 clover, on mangels, on grain alone, on grain and milk, on grain alone, fed three times 

 a day, and on similar grain fed from a self-feeder. 



The following statements will indicate the comparative economy of the various 

 rations or methods of feeding : — 



Statement A. 



Lot of 5 pigs on clever pasture and grain — 



To 5 pigs, average weight 90 pounds, at $.5.50 each $ 27 50 



i acre clover pasture (see page for value) 4 50 



1,600 pounds meal at 90 cents 14 40 



Total $ 4;> 40 



By 900 pounds pork at $6 per cwt $ 54 00 



Profit on lot 7 60 



Profit per pig 1 52 



Cost to produce 100 pounds pork 4 20 



