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BULLETIN 74. 
in the experiment and weighed a little over sixty pounds 
over the average in the other pens. The three pigs in each 
of the remaining pens were quite evenly divided as to age, 
size, etc. 
The following prices were charged in computing the 
results of the experiment: 
Corn, 83 cents per cwt. 
Shorts, 75 cents per cwt. 
Wheat, Q5 cents per cwt. 
Oats, $1.20 per cwt. 
Barley, $1.20 per cwt. 
Table X. gives the average food eaten by each animal 
in the respective pens, the average weight and gain of 
same, and the percent each dressed. 
TABLE X. 
AVERAGE FOOD, WEIGHT AND GAIN PER HEAD. 
Average Food Eaten. 
Average Weight. 
Percent 
Dressed 
Weight. 
Corn. 
Shorts. 
Wheat. 
Oats. 
Barley. 
At 
Begin¬ 
ning. 
At 
End. 
Gain. 
Pen I.. 
lbs. 
423.25 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
164.50 
lbs. 
230.00 
lbs. 
65.50 
78.60 
Pen II. 
227.00 
221.66 
l 
104.00 
177.60 
73.30 
77.40 
Pen III. 
226.50 
76.50 
73.60 
75.50 
112.50 
188.20 
l 
88.20 
81.60 
Pen IV. 
208.60 
72.30 
68.50 
• 
68.30 
98.00 
185.30 
85.60 
79.20 
TABLE XI. 
FOOD FOR ONE POUND GAIN, COST AND PROFIT. 
Average Food for One Pound of Gain. 
Gain 
per 
head 
per 
day 
Cost 
per 
pound 
of 
grain. 
Av. 
cost 
of 
food 
eaten. 
Av. 1st 
cost of 
hogs 
@ 
.4 cts. 
Av. 
total 
profit 
@ 
5 cts. 
Av.cost 
per lb. 
of 
dressed 
pork 
Corn. 
Shorts. 
Wheat. 
Oats. 
Barley. 
P 
lbs. 
6.43 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
.98 
cts. 
5.30 
$ 
3.51 
$ 
6.58 
$ 
1.41 
cts. 
4.03 
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Q.H 
3.08 
3.01 
1.11 
4.80 
2-54 
4.16 
1.18 
4.33 
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2.61 
0.88 
0.85 
0.87 
1.31 
4.70 
4.22 
4.50 
0.69 
4.20 
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2.43 
0.84 
0.80 
0.80 
1.27 
4.70 
4.06 
3.92 
1.19 
4.35 
Table XI. gives the details of the food eaten for each 
pound of gain and cost and the profit. The results corres- 
