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miiim, but recommend that five dollars, as a gratuity, be paid 



6 has submitted. 



JOSEPH HOW, Chairman. 



Mr. Dodge for the information he has submitted 



Francis Dodge's Statement. 



Believing it might be of some advantage to the farmers of 

 Essex county to know the actual cost of fattening swine, I here- 

 with submit an account of the cost and keeping of seven. They 

 were bought from a drove on the 24th of April, 1848. Their 

 whole weight, at that time, was 925 lbs., for -which seven cents 

 per lb. was paid. Their respective weights were as follows : — 



Weight when bought. Time when killed. Weight when killed. Net gain. Days kept. 



No. 1 110 Sept. 25 253 143 154 



2 140 Oct. 17 283 143 176 



3 130 " 17 334 204 176 



925 2178 1253 1294 



The cost of food was as follows : — 



68 bushels of corn, at 53 cts., . 



30 " damaged do., at 35 cts., . 



50 " corn, at 65 cts., . 



8 " meal, at 65 cts., . 



Add cost of pigs. 



Total cost, . . $148 99 



We have, then, the cost of pigs, amounting to one hundred 

 forty-eight dollars ninety-nine cents, against 2178 lbs. of pork, 



