SWINE FEEDING IN COLORADO. 
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corn, made a total profit of $.95 per hog, figured at 7 cents 
per pound, and at 6 cents they made a loss of $.71. The 
value of the food consumed by Pen IV. was $5.46 per hog. 
The total profit at 6 cents was $1.75 each, and $3 90 at 7 cents. 
TABLE VI. 
COST OF FOOD AND TOTAL PROFIT. 
Average Cost of Food Eaten. 
Average 
Total 
Cost 
Food 
Eaten. 
First 
Cost 
@ 6 cts 
per lb. 
Average 
Total Profit. 
Corn 
@ $1.30. 
Wheat 
and 
BarJey 
@ $1.00. 
Sugar 
Beets 
@ 20 cts 
cwt. 
Pulp 
@ 5 cts 
cwt. 
@ 6 cts 
per lb. 
@ 7 cts 
per lb. 
Pen I. 
$2.05 
$2.05 
$6.01 
-$1.04 
$0.13 
Pen II. 
$3.13 
$0.35 
3.78 
5.80 
1.50 
3.35 
Pen III. 
$1.98 
4.98 
5.70 
—0.71 
0.95 
Pen IV. 
5.46 
5.46 
5.67 
1.75 
3.90 
Pen V. 
4.16 
0.78 
4.94 
6.04 
0.96 
2.93 
POUNDS OF FOOD AND COST FOR ONE POUND OF GAIN. 
Table VII. gives the cost of the average amount of food 
eaten by each pig, at the current prices for the feeds used, 
and the actual cost of each pound of gain made during the 
fattening period. In next to the last column of the table is 
given the final cost for each pound of dressed pork which 
shows the amount per pound which would have to be re¬ 
ceived for the dressed meat in order to merely balance the 
cost of the food consumed. 
TABLE VII. 
FOOD FOR ONE POUND GAIN. 
* 
Average hood for One Pound Gain. 
Average 
Cost per 
pound 
of Gain. 
Average 
Cost per 
Pound of 
Dressed 
Pork. 
Percent 
of 
Dressed 
Meat. 
Corn 
Wheat 
and 
Barley. 
Sugar 
Beets. 
Pulp. 
Pen I. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
61.3 
lbs. 
cts. 
12.3 
cts. 
8.9 
i 
77 
Pen II. 
3.9 
8. 
4.3 
6.5 
80 
Pen III . 
5.4 
7. 
8.. 
I 
80 
Pen IV. 
4.5 
4.5 
6.1 
84 
Pen V. 
4.2 
4. 
5. 
6.8 
84 
