108 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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

 the dressed weight actually sold, we have the following 

 record for both lots : — 



No. 11. 

 8GG . 25 pounds dressed pork actually sold, at 7f cents, . . . f 67 13 



Total cost of food consumed, |39 05 



Cost of pigs, at $2.25 each, 13 50 



52 55 



Profit from pork, . $14 68 



Value of manure produced, 11 38 



Total profit fi-om six pigs, f 25 96 



Profit per i)ig, 4 33 



Lot I. 



(Cents). 



Lot II. 



(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 weiglit 

 (obtained by deducting value of manure produced 

 from cost of food) , 3 . 88 



3.95 

 4.91 



3.90 



3Tarket Cost of Foods consumed. 



Corn meal, $23 00 per ton. 



Gluten feed, 21 00 per ton. 



Skim-milk, 1.8 cents per gallon. 



The jjercenfages of the essential fertilizer constituents in 

 the above articles of fodder, their coramercial value in 2,000 

 pounds, as well as their approximate obtainable manurial 

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

 lowins: : — 



[Nitrogen at 17^ cents, phosphoric acid at o cents, and potassium o.xide at 5^ cents, 

 per pound.] 



