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(2) For light hogs, 70 pounds and up, 400 'pounds milk is as good 

 as 100 pounds ground meal (oats and barley) which, when fed at 3 pounds 

 per hog per day and above meal worth $27 per ton, makes milk worth about 

 34 cents per cwt. 



(3) For heavier hogs in lot II vs. lot I, the skim milk was worth 28 cents 

 per cwt. 



2. ]\iiddlings was the next cheapest substitute for a part of the 'oats and barley 

 meal.' Comparing lot I with lot IV, we find that when oat and barley meal is worth 

 $27 per ton, that middlings, when fed as one-third of meal ration may be worth $44 

 per ton, one pound middlings being worth 1-63 pounds oat and barley mixture. 



3. Younger and light pigs did not take readily to feed flour nor would any of 

 either pen in lot V take large quantities of this meal. Nevertheless, this lot stood 

 third in order of economy of production. Comparing lots V and I, we find if the 

 barley and oat meal i- worth $27 per ton, then feed Hour may replace one-third of 

 said meal and have a value of $42.15 per ton, one pound feed flour being worth 1-56 

 pounds oat and barley mixture. 



Probably if a smaller quantity had been used, in proportion to the oat and 

 barley meal, the heavy, sticky nature of the meal would not have been so objectionable 

 with these pigs. 



4. Cooked turnips added to the meal ration economized but little over the meal 

 (oat and barley) alone. 



Comparing lot I and III, we notice that if oat and barley meal is worth $27 

 per ton, then cooked turnips are worth $2.30 per ton, one pound oat and barley 

 mixture being worth 11-8 pounds cooked turnips. The cost of cooking the turnips 

 was not here included. This would point to the inadvisability of cooking turnips 

 for feeding hogs. 



5. I should advise readers to compare the foregoing experiment with an experi- 

 ment reported in the last annual report. By so doing there will be noticed similar 

 results, namely: — 



First, as to the great value of skim milk. 



Second, as to the but slightly more economical pork production by feeding cooked 

 turnips rather than raw, the cost of cooking not considered. 



Third, that meal (oats and barley) as a water slop is the most expensive food- 

 stuff when fed alone. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT. 



Below are submitted inventories and returns for the swine on the Central 

 Experimental Farm during the year April 1, 1912, to March 31, 1913. 



In spite of the expense incurred by the extra labour of experimental work, this 

 branch has again shown a profit. 



Nummary of Piggery Operations 1912-18. 



Sales during year $2,603.89 



Value of manure 200.00 



Value of pigs on hand April 1, 1913 4.157.00 



$6,960.89 



Cost of feed and bedding $1,653.75 



Cost of labour 940.00 



Value of stock on hand April 1, 1912 4,107.25 



$6,701.00 



Profit for year $ 259.89 



