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Avrons: with them. Pijr Xo. 3 was restless, and 1)rcathed with 

 ;i frequent grunt. On the 0th January, at the end of the 

 t)4 days, these two pigs wei'e killed. Xo organic malady was 

 found in Xo. 3, but in Xo. 4 the heart and lungs were found 

 to be united, and a rib above them had been broken and 

 imperfectly united. This casualty must have occurred a con- 

 siderable time before the purchase of the pigs, as no sign of 

 injury was then apparent. 



Pig Xo. 3 had a live weight of 234 lbs., and a dead weight of 

 1 GO lbs. 



Pig X'o. 4 had a live weight of 220 lbs., and a dead weight of 

 1G2 lbs. 



Each of them was fairly well fattened, and was taken by the 

 butcher at the top price of the dav — 0(^. per lb. 



On the 0th of January, the live weight of pig Xo. 1 was 

 :241 lbs., and of pig X^o. 2 253 lbs. For convenience, these 

 two pigs were not killed till the 24th of January, when pig 

 No. 1 had a live weight of 257 lbs., and a dead weight of 

 100 lbs., and pig Xo. 2 had a live weight of 'li^t^ lbs., and a 

 dead weight of 194 lbs. We mav fairly conclude that, with 

 pigs X'os. 1 and 2, the proportion between their dead and their 

 live weights would be the same on the 0th as on the 24th 

 January. 



Pork 



Pig No. 1. Since 257 lbs. live weight yielded 190 lbs. pork,) ,-.q ,/ 



241 lbs. live weight would give ) 



Pig No. 2. Since 268 lbs. live weight yielded 194 lbs. pork,| ^g^ 



253 lbs. live weight would give j "^ " 



Pig Xo. 3 yielded ' .. .. '.' 169,, 



Pig Xo. 4 yielded 162,, 



Total weight of carcasses 092 lbs. 



The money received, at Q>d. per lb., amounted to 17/. Qs., a 

 sum slightly exceeded by the cost incurred. 



Cost of store pigs 10 11 



Cost of food 6 15 



Cost of attendance 10 



Cost of killing 4 



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We find, therefore, that in this case we have no exception to 

 the general rule, that the profits of feeding must be obtained 

 from the value of the manure produced. Estimating the value 

 of the dung produced from the food consumed at the rates given 

 by Dr. Voelcker in the Journal for 1867, page 655, the following 

 will be the balance sheet. 



