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Mississippi Valley states it has been well received by the feeders, 

 especially in recent years ; yet when it comes to cost of pro- 

 duction in gain, published breed tests of experiment stations 

 make the Duroc-Jersey a comparatively costly feeder. Rommel 

 quotes the results of eleven different feeding tests at various 

 experiment stations, in which it is shown that it required 418 

 pounds of feed for I oo pounds of gain live weight by the Duroc- 

 Jersey, 49 more than were required by the Berkshire, 6 1 more 

 than the Poland-China, and 71 more than the Chester White. 

 At the Iowa Experiment Station, however, the cost for 100 



FIG. 236. Col. Gladness 13577, first-prize Duroc-Jersey boar at Ohio State 

 Fair, 1906. The owner refused $500 for this pig at the time of the show. 

 Owned and exhibited by A. E. Foster, New Salem, Ohio. Photograph 

 by the author 



pounds of gain with Duroc- Jerseys was $2.27, compared with 

 $2.33 for the Berkshire and $2.46 for the Chester White. In 

 several years of testing at the Ontario Agricultural College the 

 Duroc-Jersey more than held its own with the Poland-China. 



The Duroc-Jersey as a grazer seems suited to such pasture as 

 other breeds will do well on, and for this reason is a favorite to-day 

 with many farmers. On both blue grass and clover it thrives well. 



The slaughter test of Duroc-Jersey pigs is essentially typical 

 of that of the corn-fed hog of the Mississippi Valley. In feeding 



