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TABLE III. 



FINANCIAL SUMMARY IN FEEDING TO PIGS 



Pumpkins, looked and uncooked; apples and pumpkins ; cornmeal; 



and cornmeal and bran. 



o 



B. 

 C. 

 D. 

 E. 



F. 



Kind of Feed. 



Milk 



Cornmeal 



Cooked pumpkins 



Milk 



Cornmeal.. 



Raw pumpkins — 



Milk 



liaw pumpkins — 



Milk 



Cornmeal 



Milk 



Pumpkins 



Apples. . . 



Milk 



Cornmeal 



Bran 



■a 



G 

 P 

 O 

 P. 



u 



O '>D 



S0.0332 



.0331 



.0239 

 .0381 



.0464 

 .0401 



Value of feeds — Milk, 20 cents per 100 lbs.; pumpkins, 40 cents per ton; 

 apples, 10 cents per bushel ; cornmeal, $16 per ton ; bran, $17 per ton. 



It will be noticed from this tal3le that the lots fed corn- 

 meal wholly^ or in part, had the highest market value, but it 

 should be borne in mind that the cost of food was greater, 

 hence highest profit does not necessarily follow. 



Again, the highest market value was from the lot fed raw 

 pumpkins and cornmeal. Close to this lot in value are the 

 lots fed cooked pumpkins and cornmeal; cornmeal, and corn- 

 meal and bran. There was but little difference in the cost 

 of the food for these lots, the cornmeal-bran ration being the 

 highest. 



The lot fed raw pumpkins and milk brought in the least 

 money, but the cost of the food was less by half than any of 

 the other lots. Estimating the cost for each pound of gain 

 we find the raw-pumpkin lot produced a pound of gain at a 

 cost of only 2.39 cents, while all the other lots required over 



