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not warrant the greater risk and cost of handling. Taking him 

 at his own figures, and dividing his feeding periods — summer, win- 

 ter, and second summer — as follows : Summer, April 15th to No- 

 vember 1st; winter, November 1st to June 1st; second summer, 

 June 1st to August 1st, we find that his expense of producing a 338- 

 pound hog as follows : 



April 15th to November 1st, 241 pounds corn, -f- clover pasture. 

 November 1st to June 1st, *1,260 pounds corn, -f- soy bean hay. 

 June 1st to August 1st, 195 pounds corn, -f clover pasture. 



Total 1,696 pounds corn. 



This makes a total of corn fed 1,696 pounds, or 30.3 bushels, 

 which, at the conservative price of 40 cents per bushel, would make 

 the cost of corn alone $12.12. At 5 cents per pound his finished 

 hog is worth $16.90. This would leave a margin of $4.78 to pay 

 for clover pasture, soy bean hay, care of dam for fall and winter, 

 cost of caring for the hog, and insurance for the greater risk in 

 growing the hog for a longer time. In comparison with this, let us 

 look at some results obtained by the Wisconsin Experiment Station 

 in 1903 in determining the "food requirements of pigs from birth 

 to maturity" — maturity being at eight months. 



TABLE. 



Average net gain of each pig and average cost of feed for 100 

 pounds gain from birth to maturity. (Wisconsin Experiment Sta- 

 tion) : 



Note that cost of gain increases with the age of the animal. 

 These figures also show the actual cost of feed for 100 pounds 

 gain, for the pigs received no pasture. 



♦Figured on the basis that this 5 pound grain mixture was eaual to 6 pounds corn. 



