THE pork-maker's MAINSTAY 269 



RELATIVE COST OF CORN AND PORK 



One hundred pounds of pork from ten bushels of corn 

 is the usual estimate by American farmers who feed 

 whole corn in their large and careless way, under most 

 unfavorable and unpromising conditions, but fed in 

 different form, and in conjunction with other feeds, it 

 will make more, as has been thousands of times fully 

 demonstrated by careful feeders, both in America and 

 Europe. While it is perhaps true that the bulk of the 

 corn fed to hogs does not give a return of ten pounds 

 of pork, live weight, per bushel, it is established that a 

 bushel of corn will make that much, and more, if prop- 

 erly used ; and where it does the following basis is 

 approximately correct for making calculations : 



Feeding with corn worth 12/4 cents a bushel, makes 

 pork costing iK' cents a pound for the corn consumed. 



Feeding with corn worth 17 cents a bushel, makes 

 l)ork costing 2 cents a pound. 



Feeding with corn worth 25 cents a bushel, makes 

 I)ork costing 2}i cents a pound. 



Feeding with corn worth from t,^ to 40 cents a bushel, 

 makes pork costing 4 cents a pound. 



Feeding with corn worth 50 cents a bushel, makes 

 pork costing 5 cents a pound. 



Or, figuring the other way : 



Pork at 5 cents a pound, live weight, gives 50 cents a 

 bushel for corn. 



Pork at 4 cents a pound, live weight, gives from ^^ to 

 40 cents a bushel for corn. 



Pork at 23^ to 3 cents a pound, live weight, gives 

 from 25 to 30 cents a bushel for corn. 



