436 
On Australian Concentrated Mutton-soup 
Weight of Second Pair of Pigs (fed upon Malt-dust, Palm-nut Meal, 
and Peas, and no Mutton Extract). 
Live Weight 
Gain 
In 19 Days. 
On 30th Dec. 
1871. 
On 6th Jan. 
1872. 
On 17th Jan. 
1872. 
Ihs. 
102 
lbs. 
106 
lbs. 
109 
lbs. 
7 
4. Pig , 
82 
87 
92 
10 
Total 
184 
193 
201 
17 
During the nineteen days the pigs No. 1 and No. 2 con- 
sumed : — 
s. d, 
62 lbs. malt-dust, costing 4s. per cwt 2 2i 
31 lbs. palm-nut meal, at 8/. a ton 2 2j 
38 lbs. peas, at 42s. per quarter 3 2 
25 lbs. of concentrated Australian mutton-soup, at 251. per ton 5 6 
Total cost of food consumed by first pair of pigsKg ^ 
in 19 days J 
The second pair of pigs consumed in the same period : — 
«. d. 
62 lbs. malt-dust, at 4s. per cwt 2 2i 
31 lbs. palm-nut meal, at 81. a ton 2 2s 
38 lbs. peas, at 42s. per qr 3 2 
Total cost of food consumed by second pair of pigs) _ ^ 
in 19 days ) 
When sold the pigs realised Qd. per lb. live weight. 
The first pair, it will be seen, gained in nineteen days 30 lbs. 
of flesh worth 15s., at a cost of 135. Id., and gave thus Is. lid. 
clear profit. The second pair gave an increase of 17 lbs., 
worth 8s. Gd., at a cost of 7s. Id., leaving a clear profit of lid. 
In the second set of experiments the mutton-soup had a much 
better effect than in the first, in which an equal money value 
of the mutton extract was used to replace a given quantity of 
peas. In the second set both pair of pigs received the same quan- 
tity of palm-nut meal, malt-dust, and peas, and the addition of 
the mutton extract to the food given to the first pair entailed 
not only no loss as in the preceding set of experiments, but 
produced a better money return in live weight than without that 
addition. 
It is much to be regretted that a further supply of the Austra- 
lian Mutton Extract could not be obtained, for, as far as the 
trials go, they show that under certain conditions the Concen- 
trated Mutton-soup is of considerable value as pig-food, and 
