The Cost of Producing Pork 353 



(J) Service fee $ 2.00 



{g) Labor 10.00 



Total other costs 25.76 



Total feed plus other costs of litter, at weaning 



time 54.41 



V. Value of gilt for pork (300 lb. @ $9.08 per cwt. 



minus cost of 50 lb. gain @ $7.50 per cwt.) . . 23.49 

 Total cost of weaned litter produced by gUt . . 30.92 

 The total cost of each pig would, therefore, be as 



follows : 



1. With 4 pigs raised to the litter 7.73 



2. " 5 " " " " " e.ig 



3. " 6 " " " " " 5.15 



4. i< 7 II <i « i< .1 4_42 



B 



When Prodtjced by Mature Sows Kept until Four Years 

 Old and Yielding One Litter Annually. After Wean- 

 ing Her Fourth Litter She is Fattened and Sold foe 



POBK 



I. Feed cost of raising the sow pig to breeding age 



(35-200 lb.) $9.45 



II. Cost of feeding gUt from breeding to farrowing time 8.50 



III. Cost of feeding sow (gilt) and nursing litter . . 10.70 



IV. Cost of feeding open yearling sow six months dur- 



ing summer (300 feed units or pounds of con- 

 centrates @ IJ^ per lb. plus pasture charge, 



$1.60) 6.00 



V. Cost of feeding pregnant sow during three winters 

 (1605 feed units or pounds of concentrates @ 

 l^fSperlb.) 24.07 



VI. Cost of feeding sow and three nursing litters (2377 



feed units or pounds of concentrates @ IJji per 



lb.) 35.66 



VII. Cost of maintaining open sow during two summers 

 of six mo. (98 feed units or pounds of concen- 

 trates @ l|fS per lb. plus $6.00 forage charge) . 7.47 

 VIII. Other costs of raising and maintaining brood sow 

 four years : 



(o) Charge for sow pig (estimated) 5.00 



(6) Four years interest on average value of sow 



($40.00 @ 5%) 8.00 



(c) Riskof loss (1 J % annually) 2.40 



(d) Charge for vaccination 75 



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