108 AGRICULTUEAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



If we take into consideration the first cost of the pigs and 

 the dressed weight actually sold, we have the following 

 record for both lots : — 



No. IT. 

 86G.25 pounds dressed pork actually sold, at 7| cents, . . . f67 13 



Total cost of food consumed, $39 05 



Cost of pigs, at $2.25 each, 13 50 



52 55 



Profit from pork, $14 58 



Value of manure liroduced, . 11 38 



Total profit from six pigs, f 25 96 



Profit per jfig, 4 33 



Lot I. 

 (Cents) . 



Lot IL 

 (Cents). 



Cost of food to produce 1 pound live weight, . 

 Cost of food to produce 1 pound dressed weight, 

 Net cost of food to produce 1 pound dressed weight 

 (obtained by deducting value of manure produced 

 from cost of food) , 



3.95 

 4.91 



3.90 



Market Cost of Foods consumed. 



Corn meal, $23 CO per ton. 



Gluten feed, 21 00 per ton. 



Skim-milk, 1.8 cents j)er gallon. 



The jjercejitages of the essential fertilizer constituents in 

 the above articles of fodder, their co^nmercial value in 2,000 

 pounds, as well as their approximate obtainable manurial 

 value when fed to growing pigs, may be seen from the fol- 

 lowing : — 



[Nitrogen at 17J cents, phosphoric acid at 5 cents, and potassium oxide at 5^ cents, 

 per pound.] 



Moisture, .... 



Nitrogen, .... 



Phosphoric acid. 



Potash, 



Valuation per 2,000 pounds. 



Obtainable manurial value, 



