458 EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



EXPERIMENTAL STATION, LACOMBE, ALTA. 



EEPOET OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, G. H. HUTTON, B.S.A. 



SWINE. 



Two pure breeds of hogs are kept, viz., Yorkshire and Berkshire. Six sows are 

 being kept over and were wintered at a cost of 1.86 cents per head daily. These sows, 

 Jiowever, ran in the corrals and no doaibt secured a part of their ration there. What 

 they got in this way would not be very great, as the stock in the corrals were fed 

 finely-ground grain. It is hoped that we will be in a position next year to increase 

 the number of sows kept. 



The Yorkshire boar "Summerhill Gentleman 5th — 3920G", farrowed November 2, 

 1912, now weighs, in moderate condition, 665 poimds. 



The following table shows the cost of a litter of pigs farrowed November 9, 1912, 

 and marketed at $8.65 per hundred on May 1, 1913. Though these pigs were produced 

 on the Farm they were charged up at $3.50 each at weaning: — 



Six pigs at weaning at $3.50 each $21 00 



2,095 pounds chop at 1 cent per pound 20 95 



200 pounds bran at $1.35 per cwt 2 70 



5,000 pounds skim-milk at 20 cents per cwt 10 00 



Total cost $54 65 



1,085 pounds pork at $S.65 per cwt $93.85 



Total profit 39 20 



$93 85 $93 85 



Profit per hog, $6.53. 



A number of pigs were sold for breeding purposes during the year. 



