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It will l)e noted that all gains were made with an iin- 

 iLi.sually large amount of grain. This was due largely tc 

 the effect of storms, which came before the hogs were in 

 winter quarters, and with Lot 23 was also due to too 

 light a grain ration after the green alfalfa was no longer 

 a\ailable. During this period rye was fed soaked but 

 not ground. This also increased the cost ©f production. 



Period 3, from November 10 until ready for market. 



Lot 24 reached an average of 228 pounds on Decem- 

 ber 8, 1906. Lot 21, reached an average of 236 pounds 

 on February 2, 1907. Lot 22 reached an average of 

 -33 pounds on F'ebruary 11, 1907. 



During the fattening period. Lot 22. the pigs which 

 had been grown on alfalfa and a light grain ration, re- 

 quired 467 pounds of grain to produce 100 pounds gain, 

 at the rate of 1.34 pounds gain daily per pig, giving a 

 proht of ^.c^ cents per head daily. Lot 23, the pigs that 

 had been grown on a medium grain ration and alfalfa 

 produced 100 pounds gain from 509 pounds grain, at 

 the rate of 1.26 pounds gain daily per pig. giving a 

 profit of 2.7 cents daily per pig. During a much shorter 

 finishing period. Lot 24, the pigs which had been grown 

 on a full grain ration and alfalfa, required 787 pounds 

 grain for 100 pounds gain made at the rate of .8 pound 

 gain per pig daily, giving a daily profit per pig of 1.3 

 cents. With Lot 24 this was during only the last four 

 weeks of the fattening period when the hogs were being 

 finished for market, while with the other lots these fig- 

 ures cover a much longer time. Hence the results of 

 this period, taken alone, should not l)e regarded as com- 

 parable. 



