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Table VI. — Duroc Jersey, 8 pigs ; pigs weaned May 18th. 



Week ending 



April 30 



" 27 



May 4 



11 



18, sow 

 18, pigs 

 25 



June 1 



8 



15 



22 



29 



July 6 



13 



20. 



27 



August 3 



10.... 



Corn 



meal. 



Lbs. 



27.69 

 17.00 



24.50 

 24.n0 

 13 75 



12.41 



28.58 



31.50 



31.5 



35.00 



37.33 



43.00 



39 33 

 41. Ho 

 49.00 

 60.00 



63.33 



70.00 



-Mid- 

 dlings. 

 Lbs. 



55.38 

 34.00 



49.00 

 49.00 

 27.50 

 2483 

 57.16 



63.00 

 63.00 

 70.00 

 74.f)6 

 84.00 



78.66 



83.70 



98 00 



120.00 



126.66 

 140.00 



Skim 

 milk. 

 Lbs. 



455.5 

 b53.0 



484.0 

 5-^5 

 264.5 

 337.0 

 517.5 



510.0 

 418.0 

 400.0 

 .520.0 

 570.0 



485.9 

 42.'j.0 

 400.0 

 390.0 



360.0 

 330.0 



Total 



dry 



matter. 



Lbs, 



117.07 

 78.93 



111.35 



11.5.i'9 



61.81 



65.34 



125.38 



133.41 

 123.88 

 131.11 

 148.81 

 165.98 



150.75 

 151.66 

 168.20 

 196.38 



203.32 

 217.11 



Gain. 

 Lbs. 



35.5 

 29.5 



47.4 

 55.6 



38.75 

 67.75 



55.0 



38.00 



35.0 



82.0 



58.5 



42.5 

 33 

 73.0 

 43.5 



48.0 

 55.5 



Dry mat- 

 ter per 

 1 lb. 

 gain. 



3.29 

 2.66 



2.34 



2.07 



1.68 

 1.85 



2.40 

 3.36 

 3.74 

 1.81 

 2.83 



3..54 

 4.59 

 2.33 

 4.63 



4.31 

 3.91 



The next table records the corresponding facts for the Poland China 

 pigs. 



Table VII. — Poland China, 9 pigs ; pigs weaned May 25th. 



Week ending 



April 20.. 



" 27 



May 4 



11 



" 18 



2.5, ?o\v. 

 " 35, pigs 



June 1 



8 



15. 



22 



" 29 



July 6 



13 



20 



" 27. _ 



August 3 



10 



Dry mat* 

 ter per 1 

 lb. gain. 



5..5« 

 5.24 



2.80 

 2.17 

 2.34 



1.45 



2.05 

 2.13 

 2.51 

 1.77 

 3.30 



2.53 

 3.92 

 2.3* 

 3.37 



3.41 

 3.12 



Table II shows that taking the entire time from the thirteenth of 

 April to weaning as a whole, neither sow gained or lost a material 

 amount. In the above tables, therefore, the weights of the sows havi- 

 been disregarded and the gains of the pigs alone considered, hence the 

 variation between the amounts of dry matter recorded per pound of 



