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average, costing 5 cents per pound, or $4 per head. These 

 pigs were fed K lb. oil-meal, 2 Ibs. wheat-bran, and IK Ibs. 

 of corn-meal each, per day, in 4 gallons of sweet whey. 

 This was the average ration for six months, or 180 days, 

 commencing on May 1st. The gain was 270 Ibs. each, or 

 IK Ibs. per day. The cost was as follows : 90 Ibs. of oil- 

 meal, $1.35; 360 Ibs. of wheat-bran, $2.70; 270 Ibs. of 

 corn-meal, $2.70 amounting to $6.75 add cost of pig, 

 and we have $10.75. The pigs averaged in weight 350 Ibs., 

 and brought 6 cents, or $21 per head. Deducting the cost, 

 leaves $10.25 to be credited to the whey. This is $1.42 per 

 100 gallons, or, the whey from a cow (500 gallons) worth 

 $7.05 per year. In the West this extra food would cost less, 

 and make the whey still more valuable. The sugar of milk 

 in the whey is very soluble, and will lay on fat rapidly if 

 the other constituents are added. 



In growing the young pig upon whey, we do not use corn- 

 meal until the pig has reached a weight of some 40 to 60 

 Ibs. ; before that the ration is very similar to that given for 

 the calf. The small pig will increase in weight more, in 

 proportion to the food eaten, than the older shoat, but it 

 requires more care in feeding. It will be found that 2 Ibs. 

 can be put on the young pig with the same food that will 

 produce IK Ibs. on the older shoat ; but, as the young pigs 

 cost more per pound, there is not any more profit in feed- 

 ing them when purchased. Shoats of 60 to 80 Ibs. weight 

 can be purchased in market for only a trifle more than p 

 pig of 15 Ibs.; so that it is more profitable to buy shoats 

 than young pigs. It must be obvious from this discussion 

 of whey that dairymen are far from making the best use of 

 it generally. They want to grow an animal on whey alone, 

 so that they may make something out of it ; but the whey 

 possesses only enough of some elements to keep the animal 

 alive, without growing, and is likely to create disease ; so 

 that this penurious use of it is about equivalent to throw- 



