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winter feeding $8.12 per cwt., the estimates ranging- from $4.50 to $8 

 per cwt. for summer feeding, and $5.50 to $12 per cwt. for winter 

 feeding. 



Haliburton. 



The hogs raised in this county are chiefly for home consumption. 

 Not much interest is taken in hog raising. Those raised are mostly 

 grades of the Berkshire and Yorkshire breeds, and there is very little 

 tendency to make any change, or go more extensively into the business. 

 A number of grade sires are used. 



Muskoka. 



Little attention appears to be paid to hog raising here. Where pure- 

 breds are kept they arc Berkshires, Yorkshires or Chester Whites, but 

 in most cases both boars and sows are grades. As not sufficient pigs are 

 raised to supply local markets, not much attention is paid to type. The 

 scarcity of pigs seems due to the cost of feed, which is so high as to make 

 farmers think the business not very profitable, even in summer. There is 

 little tendency to increase production. 



Few farmers keep more than one brood sow, and many have none at 

 all. At the time of writing sows were just beginning to farrow, so little 

 information could be given regarding litters. 



Figures are not available as to the cost of feeding hogs. 



Parry Sound. 

 The principal breed in this district is the Berkshire, apparently being 

 more numerous than all others together. Next come the Yorkshires 

 and Tamworths, with very few Chester Whites and some Poland Chinas. 

 Any inclination there is to change seems to be towards the Yorkshires, 

 and in some cases more to Berkshire, but there does not seem to be 

 very much disposition to make any change. In almost all sections 

 grade sires are used; in a great many cases almost altogether. It 

 seems likely that there will be no change in the output of this district 

 at the present time. In a great many of the sections the number grown 

 is sufficient for home consumption only. The number of sows in 1904. 

 and 1905 is apparently the same, with a slight increase in 1906. The 

 average litter is 7.21. A very small proportion of the sows have far- 

 rowed yet, so that in a very few cases can an estimate be given regard- 

 ing the percentage of loss. The delivery before September 1st will be 

 practically the same as in 1905. There are very few estimates as to 

 the cost of feeding. What there are range from 3 to 6 cents per lb. in 

 summer, and 4^ to 7 cents per lb. in winter; the average for summer 

 being $4.75 per cwt., and $5.70 per cwt. for winter feeding. There 

 appears to be practically no winter feeding done, and the number of 

 hogs in summer is not sufficient for home consumption. 



Nipissing, Manitoulin, Algoma, Thunder Bay and Rainy River. 



In most places in these districts there appears to have been but 

 little attention paid to hog raising as yet. What hogs are raised are 



