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In the third set of four tables are shown the results from feeding 

 trials with four lots of pigs made during the past season. The 

 cost of all food eaten by the Poland China pigs during the 224 

 days for which records are given made the cost of all gain 3.44 

 cents per pound. For the Yorkshire pigs during the same period 

 the cost of growth was 3.34 cents per pound ;]for the Tamworths, 

 3.81 cents, and for the pigs of Taraworth-Duroc cross, 3.39 cents 

 per pound. The cost of growth of pigs «during the first month 

 while fed with the sow was least |with the Yorkshires, as in the 

 lormer trial, and highest with the Tamworths. The growth for the 

 first month or so after removal from the sow was at least cost with 

 the Poland China pigs. 



The average weight per pig at birth was for the Poland China 

 pigs 2.9 pounds ; for the Tamworths, 2.6 pounds ; for the Tam- 

 worth-Duroc cross, 2.2 pounds, and for the Yorkshires, 2.0 pounds. 

 The average total gain per pig made during the thirty-two weeks of 

 the trial was for the Tamworths a little over 222 pounds ; for the 

 Tamworth-Duroc cross a little less than 209 pounds ; for the Poland 

 Chinas nearly 192 pounds, and for the Yorkshires 158 pounds. 



The data for each period of feeding are given in the following 

 tables : 



