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TaBLe 17.—Average price of feeds fed to hogs produced in 1921 and: 1922 on the ; | 
farms under study 
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1921 1922 
Feed Fattening pigs Fattening pigs 
Total | Breed Total — 
pork | herd A pork 
Sori ver- herd Aver 
pring; Fall age Spring; Fall age 
Oe Sea bu_ $0. 36 $0. 44 $0. 32 $0. 41 $0. 34 $0. 52 $0. 45 $0. 53 $0. 61 $0. 55 
OTN Eaten bu_ 28 . 29 2. S20 3 e. 30 32 
Hyess: SF oes es Cd LS [Peel bE | aie | (eee 75 . 82 «td 80 3 
Soy beans______ bu__ 1. 38 1,50.) 1337 1. 25 1. 33 1. 03 1. 02 1.01 ap le 1. 02 
ankage a 3s ee ton__ 3. 04 3538 | 42:91 ad 2. 94 3. 34 3. 17 3. 36 3. 50 3. 40 
Skim milk_100 lbs__ . 29 . 29 0 3 30 30 . 30 31 30 30 
Oil meal____100 ]bs_-_ 211 2. 45 2. 02 2.25 2.027) 234 2. 32 2. 25 2.79 2. 34 
Pig chow___100 lbs__|________ ARES ea We |--------|-------- Reese 8 | 215 2. 87 2. 50 2. 83 
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The labor charge is the second largest item in the cost of producing 
pork on the farm and constituted 8.4 per cent in 1921 and 7.1 per 
cent in 1922 of total cost of production (See Table 2). It includes 
time spent directly in caring for the hogs from the time the sows 
were bred until the entire crop of pigs was sold. Man labor and horse 
work is the time required to hau feed, water, bedding, hauling pigs 
to market, time used in vaccination, castration, worming, repairing, 
and fencing for hogs and all other items of labor which were put upon 
the hogs. A flat labor charge of 25 cents per hour man labor and 13 
cents per hour horse work was used in 1921 and 22 cents and 15 cents 
per hour respectively for man labor and horse work in 1922. 
The charge for labor, both man and horse, per 100 pounds of 
marketable pork in 1921 varied from $0.23 to $1.63 and averaged 
46 cents. In 1922 the average was 45 cents per 100 pounds and the 
range from 23 cents to $1.47. The variation in labor charge for each 
farm has been presented graphically in Figures 4 and 5. The amount 
of time spent on the hogs in the different periods of the pork produc- 
tion process has been given in the various tables of unit require- 
ments. 
The cost of equipment is the third largest item in the cost of grow- 
ing pork when interest on the investment in equipment is combined 
with the equipment charge (depreciation, upkeep, and taxes upon 
equipment). The average cost of producing 100 pounds of pork 
given in Table 2 shows a charge of 20.9 cents for equipment (deprecia- 
tion, upkeep, and taxes) and 24.6 cents for interest on investment In 
lot and equipment for 1921, and 16.9 cents for the equipment charge 
and 20.5 cents for interest on investment in lot and equipment for 
1922. The production of fall pigs was a factor in bringing the cost of 
equipment per 100 pounds on farms raising two litters per year be- 
low the cost of equipment per 100 pounds when only one litter per 
year was produced. 
The inventory of hog equipment includes permanent and movable 
types of houses, self feeders, waterers, oilers, troughs, and all other 
minor equipment. In 1921 the value of the hog equipment per farm 
varied from $194 to $2,086 and averaged $669. In 1922 with a few 
changes in the farms that kept records the value of equipmeat varied 
from $152 to $1,909 and averaged $571 per farm. 
