FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART VI. 



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-MKAL AM) II A I 



-SIX I'K.S. 



Weight at beginning of experiment 284 pounds. 



Weight at close of experiment 705 pounds. 



Total gain 421 pounds. 



Average daily gain per pig .78 pounds. 



Gain required per hundred pounds of gain 4.82 pounds. 



Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn at 40 cents per bushel, green 

 rape at $3 per ton — $3.49. 



Lot G. Corn and Skim Milk — six pigs. 



Weight at beginning of experiment 287 pounds. 

 Weight at close of experiment 1,269 pounds. 

 Total gain 981 pounds. 

 Average daily gain per pig 1.81 pounds. 

 Grain required per pound of gain 2.44 pounds. 



Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn at 40 cents per bushel, skim 

 milk at 15 cents per hundred — $2.84. 



