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92 Tamworths it required 344 pounds of feed for 100 pounds gain 

 live weight, less than was required for any other breed. In the 

 Iowa feeding trials on breeds three experiments were conducted, 

 showing daily gains for Tamworths of 1.77 and 1.05 pounds 

 respectively, the average cost per pound of gain being 2.42 cents, 

 ranking fifth in cost of production among the breeds. The Iowa 

 experiments also showed that the Tamworths dressed out in carcass 

 very well, the average being 78.46 per cent for 14 pigs, comparing 

 creditably with five other breeds and surpassing three of them. 



Fig. 365. Springbrook Nell, a successful prize-winning Tamworth sow at many 

 state fairs. Owned by W. W. Morton, Russellville, Kentucky. From photograph 



by the author 



At the Ontario Agricultural College, in comparisons of six breeds, 

 covering five years of feeding, 390.17 pounds meal were required 

 for 100 pounds gain, this being the best showing made by any breed 

 but the Berkshire. 



The crossbred or grade Tamworth has considerable merit. Tam- 

 worth boars on Berkshire sows are a favorite cross with some 

 feeders in England. When bacon curers complained of Berkshires 

 fattening too heavily, the Tamworth cross was resorted to with de- 

 sirable results. Long reports that the Messrs. Mitchell during two 

 years bred and fed 300 pigs, all by Tamworth boars from Berk- 

 shire and Yorkshire sows that averaged 200 to 240 pounds weight 

 under nine months old. Tamworth boars bred on the fat type of 



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