CATTLE ANJ) HOG PROBLEMS 83 



10. At the time the test in problem 8 was given, another 

 was made in which pigs fed for 46 da. a total of 334 Ib. of 

 middlings gained 91 Ib. At this rate, how many pounds of 

 middlings would it take to produce 100 Ib. of flesh ? 



11. Is it cheaper to feed corn at 500 per bushel or mid- 

 dlings at $1.50 per 100 Ib. ? 



12. If a hog gains on an average 11 Ib. for every bushel of 

 corn that it is fed, at the present price of corn and fat hogs 

 would it pay to buy 100-pound hogs and fatten them ? 



13. If 1 bu. of corn produces 11 Ib. of flesh, when corn 

 is 500 per bushel what must be the price of fat hogs to 

 enable a farmer to realize 500 per bushel for the corn 

 when fed ? 



14. Can a farmer afford to feed corn at 400 per bushel 

 when fat hogs are selling in the local market at $5.50 per 

 hundredweight ? 



15. If 1 bu. of corn produces 11 Ib. of flesh, what is a 

 man's profit on 20 shotes weighing on an average 100 Ib., 

 which originally cost $5 each, are fed corn at 450 per bushel 

 until they weigh on an average 257 Ib., and are then sold at 

 $5.85 per hundredweight? 



16. A lot of pigs fed in a yard without grass made an 

 average gain of 100 Ib. for every 629 Ib. of corn fed them. 

 Another lot of pigs of the same stock and weight were given 

 full feed of corn at all times while running on blue-grass 

 pasture, and made an average gain of 100 Ib. for every 507 Ib. 

 of corn fed them. The pasture made a saving of what per 

 cent of the corn ? 



17. It is conservatively estimated that an acre of rape 

 pasture saves 2600 Ib. of corn (56 Ib. to the bushel) in the 

 preparation of 20 pigs for the fattening period. What is 

 the value of rape when corn is 350 per bushel ? 



