FEEDING DATA FOR PIGS 



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It takes about 4 cwts. meals to feed a pig up to 



seven months of age (say, 165 Ibs. live weight). 



The cost of feeding pigs from birth to eighteen 



weeks of age would amount to 155. per head for food 



alone, while for a seven months old pig the cost of 



food may vary from 2 to 2, los. When looked at 



from the point of view of carcass, it would cost from 



4s. 6d. to 55. 6d. in food to produce 14 Ibs. of increase 



(pork). 



Approximate Weight of Foods by Measure. 



N.B. 56 Ibs. per bush. = If Ibs. per qt.; 40 Ibs. per bush. = 1J Ibs. per. qt. ; 24 Ibs. 

 per bush. = lb. per qt. ; 8 Ibs. per bush. = J Ib. per qt. 



