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bushel of corn, while 13.7 pounds were produced from 

 one bushel of wheat. The actual gain in favor of corn 

 was revealed through a comparison of the market prices 

 of the grains. This showed that the cost of producing 

 TOO pounds of gain from wheat was $4.01, and from 

 corn, $2.85. 



At the Illinois station Prof. George E. Morrow macie 

 numerous experiments to ascertain the live weight of 

 pork that could be expected from hogs of differing ages 

 confined to a diet of whole corn, at various seasons of 

 the 3'ear, and the following table gives the details, and 

 resulting averages : 



WEIGHTS OBTAINED FROM WHOLE CORN FED TO HOGS AT THE 

 ILLINOIS EXPERIMENT STATION 



> Omitted from averages. 



This shows that on an average the hogs gained about 

 T.r pounds per day, and that a bushel of shelled corn 

 weighing 56 pounds produced 10.9 pounds of gain, live 



