90 LESSONS IN AGRICULTURE 



14. A "scrub" colt will bring about $80. Has the 

 farmer lost or gained, and how much? 



15. A coach horse will bring $150 instead. What 

 has the farmer gained or lost on this colt ? Which is the 

 more profitable animal f 



16. If it takes 3 tons of hay worth $6 per ton, 50 

 bu. oats worth 25 cents per bu., and $10 worth of pasture 

 to keep 10 sheep for a year, what is the cost per head? 



17. If one "scrub" sheep will shear about 4 Ibs. 

 of wool worth 20 cents per lb., and raise a lamb that 

 will weight about 50 Ibs. and bring about $3.50 per 

 cwt., what will the entire flock return to the farmer? 

 What will each sheep return? Will he gain or lose, 

 and how much? 



18.. If of a good breed, each sheep will shear about 

 8 Ibs. of wool and raise a lamb weighing about 70 Ibs., 

 worth $5 per cwt., what will this flock return? What 

 will each sheep return? 



19. How much per head will be the farmer's gain 

 on a well-bred flock ? 



20. If it takes 12 bu. of corn worth 35 cents per 

 bu. and $3 worth of other feed to raise a pig until it is 

 six months old, what is the cost of the pig to the 

 farmer ? 



21. If a "scrub," it will weigh about 125 Ibs. at six 

 months and bring $4 per cwt. Will the farmer gain CK 

 lose? 



22. If a Poland-China, it will weigh about 200 Ibs. 

 and be worth $4.75 per cwt. What is the pig worth? 

 Will the farmer gain or lose, and how much? 



