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Pork Production 



TABLE CLXXI. SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF COSTS IN PRO- 

 DUCING THE FINISHED 225-PouND MARKET PIG 



In figuring the feed cost of producing the finished 

 market pig, feed was charged at the rate of 1^ cents for 

 each feed unit, or the equivalent of one pound of con- 

 centrated feed such as corn. Charge for forage was at 

 the comparable rate of $12 an acre. At this rate a bushel 

 of corn would cost 84 cents. If it is assumed that the 

 rates used in figuring the labor and other costs were 

 about on a par with 84-cent corn, it would be possible to 

 express the entire cost of the finished market pig in terms 

 of corn. This has been done with the interesting result 

 shown in Table CLXVIII. In this table is also shown the 

 ratio between the actual cost of 100 pounds of finished 

 pork on foot and the value of a bushel of corn as deter- 

 mined by the results of this study. A ratio of 11.51 to 1, 



