10 



Total cost of food consuined, $39.05 



Cost of pigs, at $2.25 each, 13.50 



52.55 



Profit from pork. 



Value of manure produced. 



Total profit from six pigs, $25.96 



Profit per pig, 4.33 



Lot I. Lot II. 



Cost of food to produce 1 lb. live weight, 4.55c 3.95c 



Cost of food to produce 1 lb. dressed weight, 5.58c 4.91c 



Net cost of food to produce 1 lb. dressed weight, 3.88c 3.90c 



(Obtained by deductiug value of manure produced from cost of food.) 



MARKET COST OF FOODS CONSUMED. 



Corn meal, $23.00 per ton. 



Gluten feed, 21.00 per ton. 



Skim milk, 1.8c. per gallon. 



The percentages of the essential fertilizer constituents in the above 

 articles of fodder, their commercial value in 2000 lbs. as well as their 

 approximate obtainable manurial value when fed to growing pigs, 

 may be seen from the following : 



Moisture, 14.00% 



Nitrogen, 1.36% 



Pliosphoric acid, .707% 



Potash, -435% 



Value per 2000 lbs., $5.95 



Obtainable manurial value, 4.17 



Nitrogen at 17^c., phosphoric acid at 5c., and potassium oxide at 

 5^0. per pound. 



PRACTICAL RATIONS FOR PIG FEEDING. 



When skim milk is used as a part of the daily diet in feeding pigs 

 for the market, the Station feels justified, in view of its feeding 

 experiments, in recommending the following practical rations as being 

 valuable in producinggpork at a minimum cost : 



