Seo. 2.] SWINE— PROFIT OF FEEDING. 21 



J. J. Carter, of Ilornville, Chester Co., Pa., says tliat B. P. Kirk kept a 

 debt and credit account witli liis pig. He fed -lOro busliels of corn, at GO 

 cents a bubliel, and added the lirst cost of the pig, at two mouths old, §5, 

 making a total of $3i 46. At 17 months old the animal weighed 649 lbs., 

 aud sold for ~i cents a pound, making $18 67, giving a profit of $1-4 21. A 

 little bran was fed, but that was reduced to the equivalent of corn, and 

 counted as above. The breed of hogs common in Chester County is one of 

 tlie best in the world. The hogs are of a white color, medium-sized, easily 

 fatted to weigh 300 to 400 lbs. at 10 to 15 montlis old, and have small 

 bones, fine-grained flesh, large hams, well marbled, and large leaves of 

 kidney fat. It is a distinct American breed, and one of the best for farmers 

 who desire to graze their hogs in part, and then fatten them easily upon 

 house-slops, apples, potatoes, and coarse grain. Even for large farmers, and 

 for making pork upon a large scale, there are not many, if any, breeds of 

 swine in this country superior to that known as Westchester, or Chester County 

 (Pa.) hogs. And as I consider it an important fact that farmers should 

 know where to get a real good breed without paying fancy prices, I am glad 

 of the opportunity to make this breed better known. 



D. C. Nye, of Lexington, Mass., in reply to an inquirer in the Genesee 

 Farmer, writes that — 



"TJie Chester County hogs are distinguished for their early maturity, 

 great facility for fattening, and are very quiet and docile. They are well 

 covered with bristles, and, unlike the Sutiblks, can endure the heat and cold. 

 The Chesters will probably make as much pork (and of a superior quality) 

 on a given amount of food as any other breed — some of them, when well 

 fed, having attained the weight of six or seven hundred pounds." 



Another correspondent of the same paper saj's, in addition, that the 

 thorough-bred Chester hogs are always white, and that " they are peculiar in 

 being fit for slaughtering at any time." 



But to proceed with the subject of feeding hogs. The second letter is 

 very mucli to the point. It says : 



"In answer to your question, 'How much pork will a bushel of corn 

 make?' I send you the result of two experiments, made some years ago, 

 while occupying a farm in the northern part of Chester County, Pa. 



" My first experiment was with five very ordinary pigs tliat I bought of a 

 noiglibor; weighed, Octoljer, IS,")!, 249 lbs ; fed on corn and cob meal, boiled 

 into musii, of which they consumed in 30 days 279 lbs., and gained 87 lbs. 

 live weight. 



" In the next 32 days tliey consumed 375^ lbs., and gained 75 lbs. live 

 weight, making a gain of 157 lbs. in 02 days, having consumed 654i lbs. of 

 corn and cob meal, which is equal to about 9i bushels pure meal; or one 

 bushel pure meal cooked made 16.8 lbs. live weight. 



" My second experiment was with a lot of five very superior pigs, of the 

 Chester breed; they weighed, Feb. 7, 1853, 695 lbs; consumed in 9 days 



