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load or two of sods placed conveniently near the piggery so that 

 the feeder can throw one or two into each pen occasionally will 

 be found very beneficial during the winter. 



Hogs that are out-doors during the summer and have access 

 to earth and vegetable matter have little need of other 

 correctives. 



Money Returns for Feed Consumed by Hogs. Some in- 

 teresting figures have been published by the Ontario Agricul- 

 tural College relating to the value it is possible to obtain for 

 feed consumed by hogs, when the hogs are sold at varying 

 prices per pound live weight. The investigation includes hogs 

 fed by the College, as well as a large number fed by farmers 

 throughout the province. The following summary shows the 

 scope of the investigation : 



Number of hogs 297 



Weight when marketed 56,718 pounds 



Average weight per hog 190.9 pounds 



Total meal consumed, which included barley, peas, oats, 



corn, middlings, and bran 165,911 pounds 



Total skim-milk consumed 112,500 pounds 



Total roots consumed 64,600 pounds 



Miscellaneous feeds, such as pasture, green feeds, etc., 



valued by experimenters at $77.00 



The pigs are valued at $1.50 each at weaning time. This 

 amount, together with the value of the skim-milk at 20 cents 

 per cwt., roots at 10 cents per bushel, and the miscellaneous 

 feeds valued at $77.00, i's first deducted from the gross proceeds 

 derived from the assumed sale of the hogs at each of the 

 different prices per pound, and the remainder represents the 

 cash received for the meal consumed by the hogs. The follow- 

 ing table shows the prices obtained for feed, under each 

 valuation of the hogs when sold : 



