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Suggestions for Pig-Feeders. [dec, 



and this has tended to raise the price of pork, for the price 

 of pigs in Great Britain is dependent on the total home and 

 foreign supplies of pig-meat. The short life of the pig, 

 however, enables the breeder to increase his stock very 

 quickly, and times of scarcity are usually of short duration. 



The price of fat pigs in the current year shows that the 

 average price for the months of May, June, and July has, in 

 all cases, been much higher than in the corresponding periods 

 for 1908 and 1907. 



Average Price of Fat Pigs — May to July. 





Quality. 



England. 



Scotland. 



1907. 



1908. 



1909. 



1907. 



1908. 



1909. 







per 



per 



per 



per 



per 



per 







stone.* 



stone.* 



stone.* 



stone.* 



stone.* 



stone. * 







s. d. 



s, d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



s. d. 



Bacon Pigs... 



ISt 



6 S-l 



5 " 



7 if 



6 4 



6 oi 



6 8f 





2nd 



6 3t 



5 5 



6 7 



5 6 



5 3$ 



5 iff 



Porkers 



1st 



7 of 



6 3l 



7 54 



6 8f 



6 3i 



7 2i 





2nd 



6 7f 



5 9f 



6 nf 



5 nf 



5 7 



6 4f 



* Estimated carcass weiglit. 



Prices in 1907, however, were higher than those in 1908, 

 the former year being a medium between 1908 and 1909. 

 The price of fat pigs has, in fact, fluctuated with the rise and 

 fall of British and foreign supplies, the rise in the price of 

 pigs in England since 1908 being something like 25 per cent. 



The price of feeding stuffs has a very important bearing 

 on the cost of production and the relative profit, and the table 



Average Prices of Offals, Maize and Barley Meal from 

 April to June. 





1907. 



1908. 



1909. 





£ 



s. 



d. 



£ 



s. 



d. 



£ 



s. d. 



Middlings (per ton) 



6 



5 



2i 



7 



1 



11* 



7 



12 7f 



Pollards (per ton) 



4 



1.5 



3i 



5 



0 



5 



5 



0 6| 



Bran (per ton) ... 



4 



12 



0 



4 



18 



5 k 



5 



0 nif 



Maize (per 480 lb.) 





5". 



d. 





s. 



d. 





s. d 



American 





23 



71 





28 



oi 





29 ill 



Russian 





23 



71 





27 



i| 





29 54 



Barley meal (per 336 lb.) 





21 



34 





20 



8| 





20 3 



