CHAPTER LIV 
BACON AND EGGS 
Eacu hog turned out from my piggery weigh- 
ing 270 pounds or more, has eaten of my sub- 
stance not less than 500 pounds of grain, 250 
pounds of chopped alfalfa, 250 pounds of roots or 
vegetables, and such quantities of skimmed milk 
and swill as have fallen to his share. I could 
reckon the approximate cost of these foods, but 
I will not do so. All but the middlings and oil 
meal come from the farm and are paid for by 
certain fixed charges heretofore mentioned. The 
middlings and oil meal are charged in the «food 
for animals” account at the rate of $1 a year for 
each finished hog. 
The truth is that a large part of the food 
which enters into the making of each 300 pounds 
of live pork, is of slow sale, and that for some 
of it there is no sale at all, — for instance, house 
swill, dish-water, butter-washings, garden weeds, 
lawn clippings, and all sorts of coarse vegetables. 
A hog makes half his growth out of refuse which 
has no value, or not sufficient to warrant the 
effort and expense of selling it. He has unequalled 
facilities for turning non-negotiable scrip into 
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