THE HOG. 



469 



.772 

 .1042.! 

 9504 



equivalent to hay 1144 



^ » 4171 



8296 



In the course of the 104 days, there were consumed : 



lbs. lbs. 



Barley — 



Peas.. 



Potatoes 



Greasy water and whey— quantity not detcnnincd • • 8388.6 

 So t!uit with th3 provender equivalent to 100 lbs. of hay, 4.91 lbs. of 

 live woi:rht had been produced. 



These' seven porkers, slaughtered, yielded : 



It must be admitted that these animals had increased both in flesh 

 and in fat ; but in spite of this, the experiment appears to be un- 

 favorable to the opinion that fat in animals is the effect of dn-ect as- 

 similation of the substance. The whole increase in weight of the 

 seven porkers had been 409.2 lbs.; supposing 27 per cent, of fat in 

 this increase, its amount must have been 110.4 lbs. in all ; but the 

 food consumed did not contain more than 57.4 lbs. It would there- 

 fore be necessary to admit that the food which had not been taken 

 into the account had contained as many as 53.0 lbs. of fatty matter, 

 which I own does not appear to me probable. But no definitive 

 conclusion can be drawn from the circumstance, owing to the actual 

 state of fatness of the animals, when they were specially put up to 

 fatten, not having been ascertained ; perhaps the absolute quantity 

 of fat already accumulated is greater at this time than is generally 



supposed. /. -, ^ ^ iu 1 -11 J 4- 



I find, for instance, that a young porker of 196.9 lbs., killed at 



the time when he might have been put up to fatten specially, yielded 



as many as 26.3 per cent, of fat. ^ ^ ,, x- 



The following are the data afibrded by the fattening of the farm 



porkers for 1842 : ,,-,-, i j • 



Nine porkers, from thirteen to fifteen months old, and already in 



good condition, were put upon the full fatting allowance on the 1st 



of October, on which day they weighed : 



ibt 



1940 

 November 23th, after having been bled, they weighed. . -2307.8 



Increase in 68 days per head and per day 88.2 



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