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MAINE -TATE COLLEGE 



price than • -clear pork - ' it is for the interest of both farmer and 

 dealer that animals be grown which will supply the requirements of 

 the market. Farmers are surely making a mistake in supposing that 

 the fattest animals are certainly the most profitable. It is at least 

 true that such animals tend to aggravate rather than amend the 

 unbalanced diet to which Americans are so much given. 



It was h at in the Tarn worths would be found a breed of 



sv.ine which with the use of proper rations would furnish to con- 

 snmers a larger proportion of lean meat than is the case with the 

 ids more commonly in use. and in order to learn whether this 

 hope would be realized a bu'chers analysis has been made of the 

 carcasses of several lots of animals, including five pure breeds and 

 one cross. The most reliable comparison is that made between the 

 Tamworths. Berkshires and the Tamworth-Berkshire cross. The 

 results of this analysis can be seen in Table LV. 



TABLE LV. 

 BUTCHER'S ABTAX.TSIS OF THE CAECA; BBS.* 



-: 



Weights of separate parts, 



— poonds. 





4 : 























i- 



X 



- 



X 



-f 



~- 



z . 



r X 





s 





- 



3 



- it 



= = 



x - 

 ■ = 



as 



- 



.- 



-= 5 



— 



- = . 



■_ 







z 





'- z. 









X x 



~ 



aa 



- 



X 



--' 



- 



— z ji z. 



- 



= 



— z. 



I L 



Cheshire 200 



Chester 171.5 



sey Bed ". " 



Berkshire 



Berkshire 233 



Berkshire 199 



Berkshire 215 



A ' t : w -r ■ 



Taniworth 235 



Taniworth . 



Taurworth 336 



Tainworth 227 



Tamworth . - 



A ' : : 



Tamworth-Berkshire 

 Tamworth-Berkshire 

 Tamworth-Berkshire 

 Tamworth-Berkshire 



Average 



.3*1 



292.5 



234 



..- 



-• 



12 



50 





25 



13 



44 





25 



9 



38 





2»> 



12.5 



46.2 





33.5 



19.5 



4- 



: 



31-5 



17-5 



33 



12.5 



30.5 



19.7 



49 



13-5 



33.7 



22.5 



58 



24.5 



-' 



19-5 





33.5 



33.5 



20 



51 



13.2 



32.5 



IS 



47.3 



15.2 



30.2 



1S.5 



44 



12.7 



43 



- 

 - - 

 31 



24 



2.5.: 



20.5 

 IS 



67. 



62.51 

 49- 



: 



11 19 



7. 7 21.5 



11.5 IS. 75 



S.5 20 



14 22.5 



12. a - - 



..." 18.2 



13 23 



17 . i 28.5 



18.2 21.2 



15 21.2 



15.2 21 



-' 



2H.5 

 12-5 

 12 



21 



16.2 

 16.2 



1" 



27 2 

 23 " 



1*.2 

 1^.2 





- 



- 



76.5 

 74.3 

 71. ti 



60.3 

 ' - 

 78-9 

 77-9 

 66-3 



- 

 -. 

 67-4 



S • 



45 

 48 



41.7 

 45.3 

 43.3 

 41-1 



4o.l 



43.4 



--. 



41.4 



44.3 



43 



44.6 



44.4 



-, 

 43.2 

 42.6 

 43.4 



42.1 



- - 

 o7.3 

 33.3 



34.4 



25.6 

 34.1 

 33 4 

 34.3 

 31.9 



31.9 



33.4 



37.3 

 36.8 



36.5 



I lese pigs were eat up and the parts weighed hy Charles York & Co.. Bangor, 

 Me., to whom the Station is greatly indebted for this service. 



