REPORT OF TEE AGRICULTURIST 293 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Pigs ate 7S6 lbs. meal at 90 cents per cwt $ 7 07 



" 5,930 lbs. mangels at 10 cents per cwt 5 93 



" 1,2S4 lbs. skim milk at 20 cents per cwt 2 07 



Total $15 57 



Cost to produce pork was : — 



377 lbs. feeders at $7 per cwt $2G 39 



Food consumed 15 57 



Total cost $11 96 



Sold 766 lbs. pork at $6 per cwt $45 96 



Profit on lot of 4 pigs 4 00 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. increase live weight 4 00 



Buyer's report ; — 



4 pigs, all ' select.' 



Packer's report on carcasses : — ■ 



Xo. 319 weighed alive 195 lbs. ; dressed, 135 lbs. ; graded, ' good, firm.' 

 No. 317 weighed alive 195 lbs. ; dressed, 138 lbs. ; graded, ' good, firm.' 

 Xo. 318 weighed alive 1S2 lbs. ; dressed, 125 lbs. ; graded, ' good, firm.' 

 Xo. 319 weighed alive 194 lbs. ; dressed, 131 lbs. ; graded, ' good, firm.' 



Lot 3. — Meal, Milk, Forage Sugar Beets. 



Xumber of pigs in test 4 



Aggregate weight January 7 307 lbs. 



Average weight January 7 77 " 



Aggregate weight April 23 807 " 



Average weight April 23 202 " 



Aggregate gain 500 " 



Average gain 125 



Daily rate of gain per pig, 106 days 1 ;18 " 



Pigs ate 793 lbs. meal at 90 cents per cwt $ 7 13 



" 4,298 lbs. sugar beets at 15 cents per cwt 6 44 



" 1,284 lbs. skim milk at 7 cents per cwt 2 57 



Total $16 14 



Cost to produce pork was : — 



307 lbs. feeders at $7 per cwt $21 49 



Food consumed 16 14 



Total cost $37 63 



Sold 807 lbs. pork at $6 per cwt $48 42 



Profit on lot of 4 pigs 10 79 



Cost to produce 100 lbs. increase live weight 3 22 



Buyer's report : — 



3 pigs ' select,' 1 pig ' fat.' 



