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to make a gain of about a pound per day on a ration consisting of 

 beans only, and that the same sort of hog could reasonably be expected 

 to make a gain of about li/o pounds per day if an equal amount of corn 

 were supplied Avith the bean ration. Further, it would appear that the 

 gains made by the bean-fed hogs would cost about |2.50 per hundred 

 pounds and those made by the beans- and corn-fed hogs would cost about 

 .i'3.50 per hundredweight when these feeds are valued at the prices quoted 

 in this bulletin. 



One thing is certain, if the cost of additional labor and equipment is 

 eliminated, the gains from the exclusive bean rations are cheap. But the 

 cheapest way is not necessarily the most feasible way, or the one giving 

 Ihe greatest profit. In order to better ascertain more of the real dif- 

 ferences which cannot be made to appear in a simple table of weights, 

 gains and costs, two swine experts of wide, practical experience were 

 asked to look over pens 3, 4, 5 and G at the close of the experiment and 

 make a valuation of the same from a market or butcher standpoint. Each 

 man made an independent estimate and the average of the estimates 

 was then taken. Pen 4 was rated 5-lG of a cent higher per pound than 

 pen 3, and pen G was rated at 5-8 of a cent higher than the corresponding 

 pen 5. 



If again for comparison wo assume 5 cents per pound live weight as 

 the value of pens 3 and 5, and give the additional values assigned by 

 Ihe judges to pens 4 and G, then pen 3 would be worth, at the closing 

 date, at 5 cents per pound, |48.12. Deducting from this the cost of 

 feed — $G.3G — there would remain |41.7G to cover original value of pigs, 

 expense for labor, profit, and, in fact, all other items excei)t food. 



Pen 4 would be worth |54.82 at 5 5-lG cents per pound; then deduct- 

 ing the cost of food— I11.G8— the remainder would be $43.14. Com- 

 paring this amount with the similar amount for pen 3 leaves |1.3S in 

 favor of the method of feeding practiced with pen 4, notwithstanding 

 (he fact that pen 3 weighed 15 pounds more at starting. 



Carrying the same method of estimating through Comparison No. Ill, 

 j)en 5 would be worth, at closing date, |45.83 at 5 cents per pound. De- 

 ducting from this the food cost leaves $39.8G to cover the original value 

 of pigs, et cetera. 



Pen G would be worth |5G.94 at 5 5-8 cents per pound. Deducting 

 from this the cost of food, leaves .$45.98. Comparing this amount with 

 the similar amount for pen 5 leaves $G.14 in favor of pen G, notwith- 

 standing the fact that pen 5 weighed 9 pounds more at starting. 



The feeding in Comparison I was not conducted at the same time 

 as that in Comparisons II and III, and comparative estimates were not 

 made at the close of that trial, but combining the results from Compari- 

 sons II and III there would stand to the credit of the two pens fed 

 on cornmeal and beans |7.52 more than to the similar pens fed on 

 beans onlv. 



