The Cost of Producing Pork 353 



(/) Service fee $ 2.00 



(0) Labor 10.00 



Total other costs 25.76 



Total feed plus other costs of litter, at weaning 



time 54.41 



V. Value of gilt for pork (300 Ib. @ $9.08 per cwt. 



minus cost of 50 Ib. gain @ $7.53 per cwt.) . . 23.49 



Total cost of weaned litter produced by gilt . . 30.92 

 The total cost of each pig would, therefore, be as 



follows : 



1. With 4 pigs raised to the litter 7.73 



2. " 5 " " " " " 6.18 



3. " 6 " ".,.... 5.15 



4. " 7 " " 4.42 



B 



WHEN PRODUCED BY MATURE Sows KEPT UNTIL FOUR YEARS 

 OLD AND YIELDING ONE LITTER ANNUALLY. AFTER WEAN- 

 ING HER FOURTH LITTER SHE is FATTENED AND SOLD FOR 

 PORK 

 I. Feed cost of raising the sow pig to breeding age 



(35-200 Ib.) $9.45 



II. Cost of feeding gilt from breeding to farrowing time 8.50 



III. Cost of feeding sow (gilt) and nursing litter . . 10.70 



IV. Cost of feeding open yearling sow six months dur- 



ing summer (300 feed units or pounds of con- 

 centrates @ 1% per Ib. plus pasture charge, 



$1.50) 6.00 



V. Cost of feeding pregnant sow during three winters 

 (1605 feed units or pounds of concentrates @ 

 l^perlb.) 24.07 



VI. Cost of feeding sow and three nursing litters (2377 



feed units or pounds of concentrates @ 1%$ per 



Ib.) 35.66 



VII. Cost of maintaining open sow during two summers 

 of six mo. (98 feed units or pounds of concen- 

 trates @ \H per Ib. plus $6.00 forage charge) . 7.47 

 VIII. Other costs of raising and maintaining brood sow 

 four years : 



(a) Charge for sow pig (estimated) 5.00 



(6) Four years interest on average value of sow 



($40.00 @ 5%) 8.00 



(c) Risk of loss (1 1 % annually) 2.40 



(d) Charge for vaccination 75 



2A 



