JSfo. o/ Pounds of Dry Matter ii 

 ofDr 



Creamei-y Butter Milk, Feed. 

 Skim Milk, Feed, 



feed required to Produce one Pouna 

 Pork. 



I. 1884. 

 SMtnnier. 



2.4 lbs. 

 2.9 lbs. 



II. 1883. 

 Winter. 



3.67 lbs. 

 3.33 lbs. 



Aside from the stated facts, there are some other points of a more 

 general character deserving of mention in this connection, which are 

 not infrequently underestimated in the feeding of pigs for the market. 



First. — A careful preparation of -the feed for young pigs, with re- 

 ference to a higher nutritious cha -arter at the beginning, and to a 

 gradually increasing bidk for the ji. ope r distention of the digestive or- 

 gans, to make them hereafter gDod eaters. A liberal supply of milk, 

 with a gradual increase of meal, beginning with from one to two 

 ounces of meal per quart, has served ns well. 



Second. — A timely closing up of the fattening process in the interest 

 of lyrofits, for the best returns of the feed are obtained in the earlier 

 periods of growth ; in our case, as a rule, profits were doubtful after 

 the animal reached a weight of from 180 to 200 pounds. There may 

 be exceptions to this observation when the cost of feed is low, and 

 the market price of dressed pork very high, a circumstance not often 

 happening. 



We sold our dressed pork at 6f cents per pound. 



A good illustration in this direction may be furnished by a detailed 

 record of actual results in the case of pigs No. 10, 11 and 12, of 

 Lot B, (pigs fed with skim milk and meal.) 



No. 10. I. Feeding Period, 

 II. 

 III. 

 IV. 



No. II. I. Feedi 

 II. 

 III. 

 ' IV. 



Period, 



No. 12. 



Feeding Period, 



