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mixture of Suffolk and Mackey ; Lut our Lrecd is so various, 

 that it is difficult to determine what blood prevails. 



" It is believed that pork can be raised at a profit of, at least, 

 ten per cent, on the outlay. This belief is founded upon 

 experiments I liave made, which have satisfied me that four 

 pounds of corn will make one pound of pork. Corn grown in 

 this neighborhood, will weigh sixty pounds the bushel, and one 

 bushel will make fifteen pounds of pork, beginning with a pig 

 at birth. The average price of corn for the last ten years, is 

 eighty-five cents a bushel. Twenty bushels, or 1,200 pounds, 

 will make 300 pounds of pork, the average price of which, for 

 the last ten years, has been 6^ cents the pound. Taking these 

 premises, the account will stand thus : — 



A pig at birth worth .. . . . . $0 50 



20 bushels of corn, at 85 cents, . . . 17 00 



The time taken to consume the corn, and for the 

 hog to grow to 300 pounds weight, dressed, 

 would be from eight to ten months, say ten 

 months ; the average time on which to charge 

 interest on the $17 50 cents outlay, would be 

 five months, which at six per cent, would be 44 



Whole cost of hog $17 94 



300 pounds of pork, at 6^ cents, . $19 50 

 Rough fat and pluck worth . . .50 

 Whole proceeds, .... 20 00 



Leaving a profit of . . . . . . $2 06 



Or more than eleven per cent, on the outlay, without taking 

 into the account the manure, which will pay, at least, one dol- 

 lar more than the cost of attendance." 



Another, in Norfolk County, Avrites thus : — " The Suffolk are 

 esteemed, but being tender to rear when young, arc not much 

 kept. The Mackeys are approved by some. Many are aware 

 of a very wide difference in profit between the best breed and 

 the poorest, yet are not fully decided as to which of the highly 

 valued breeds will prove the most profitable after a thorough 

 trial. 



