3l8 SWINE IN AMERICA 



into places where it would be extremely difficult to 

 drive them. 



In the corn growing sections autumn, with its mild 

 weather, is the profitable season for making pork and 

 lard, and shotes not intended to follow cattle fattening 

 on grain, later in the season, should be far along in their 

 maturity before severe winter weather sets in. When 

 hogs approach a degree of fatness in which they find it 

 difficult to get up and move about readily they will be 

 fed longer at a loss, and the packer or the pork barrel 

 should take them in. 



INCREASE IN FEED REQUIRED 



In experiments by Prof. G. E. Day at the Ontario 

 agricultural college it was clearly shown, as has been 

 done elsewhere, that the quantity of feed consumed or 

 required per loo pounds of gain increases rapidly with 

 the weight of the hogs. His observations were made on 

 36 different animals, with this showing: 



Increasing in live weight from 54 to 82 pounds, pigs 

 required 3.10 pounds of meal per pound of gain. 



Increasing from 82 to 115 pounds, shotes required 

 3.75 pounds of meal per pound of gain. 



Increasing from 115 to 148 pounds, hogs required 

 4.38 pounds of meal per pound of gain. 



Increasing from 148 to 170 pounds, hogs required 

 4.55 pounds of meal per pound of gain. 



Professor Henry gives data along the same line, com- 

 piled from many experiments, especially valuable by 

 reason of the large number of animals reported on. The 



