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of estimates for summer feeding is from $3.25 to $ 5 -5° P™ + cwt \> and . 

 for winter feeding $4 to $6 per cwt. One correspondent reports : far- 

 mers in this vicinity do not raise hogs extensively, and the general 

 feeling is that, owing to high prices of grains, there is very little profit 

 for the average feeder. Where an almost exclusive meal ration is ted, 

 1 would say 6^ cents per lb. ; if roots and skim milk are fed with ration, 

 cost would be considerably less; and in summer on good pasture, with 

 skim milk, the cost should not be above 3! cents per lb." 



Lanark. 



The breeds in this county are found in the greatest numoers according 

 to the following order : Yorkshires, Berkshires, Chester Whites and 

 Tamworths. When any tendency to change is noted it is principally more 

 to bacon hog type, although in one or two sections it is stated there is a 

 tendency to go the other way. In a large percentage of districts grade 

 sires are used to some extent. In most districts there is a disposition to 

 increase the output. Considerably more breeding sows are being kept 

 than in either 1904 or 1905. The size of the average litter is 8.45, the 

 percentage of loss being about normal. 



The delivery before September 1st will be heavier than in 1905, in 

 some sections correspondents report heavier than ever before. In some local 

 sections, however, deliveries may be slightly lighter. One correspondent 

 states: "Delivery before September 1st will be much heavier. Cannot 

 remember at any previous time so many early litters as there are this 

 year." The average of estimates of cost give the following : for summer 

 feeding, $4.30 per cwt. ; winter feeding, $5.37 per cwt. Estimates range 

 from 3J to 6 cent per lb. for summer feeding, and 4^ to 6 cents per lb. 

 for winter feeding. 



Renfrew. 



The principal breeds in the various sections are Yorkshires and 

 Berkshires, with, in some districts, Chester Whites and Tamworths. 

 There is a tendency in a number of sections to go more into Yorkshires, 

 and in two or three districts to Yorkshire-Berkshire cross. In almost 

 all districts correspondents report the use of grade sires to some extent, 

 in some places quite largely, though generally the feeling is that they are 

 used much less than formerly. The tendency is to increase the produc- 

 tion, taking the county as a whole; some sections report otherwise. One 

 correspondent states : "The farmers of this municipality do not raise hogs 

 for market. The most of them do not raise enough for their own use." 



There is a slight increase over both 1904 and 1905 in the number of 

 sows kept. The average litter is 7.56, and the percentage of loss reported 

 is about normal, although a very large proportion of litters do not come 

 until later than the time at which the reports were made. The delivery 

 before September 1st will probably be slightly lighter than in 1905. 

 Regarding cost of feeding, very few correspondents make any statement. 

 The average of those given for summer feeding is $5.50 per cwt., and for 



