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The rations used, cost of food, &c., will be seen by the following table :— 
Total Cost Cost of 
Ration per Pig per Day. Total Ration for 4 Pigs per Day. tor tour Digs eae 
per Day. Day. 
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Lot 1... | Barley-meal and whey : : 
Barley-meal, 5 lb. ; whey 2/ Barley-meal, 20 lb. ; yebesai 
gallons. 8 gallons, 
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Lot 2... ; Maizemeal and whey : 
| Maizemeal, 5 lb.; whey, 2) Maizemeal, 20 lb. ; ebtsol 
| gallons. | 8 gallons. 12°64 3°16 
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were increased by 1 lb. per pig per day for the remaining 43 days, bringing the 
cost of rations up to 4-14d. per pig per day for Lot No. 1, and 8°66d. each for 
Lot No. 2. ; 
The report of Mr. T. N. Parr, of Nottingham, who purchased the pigs, was 
to the effect that the barley-fed pigs were leaner in flesh and set better than 
those fed on maize. ‘The flesh of the maize-fed pigs was fatter than those fed 
on barley, but set nicely and was of good quality and very suitable for the 
pork trade in which he is engaged. ; 
The barley-fed pigs would have been better for the “ curing trade,” but it 
is very doubtful whether such an increase in price could have been obtained to 
compensate for the extra cost of producing the better quality pig. 
From the above it will be seen that in fattening pigs some 6 months old, 
maizemeal is a more profitable food forthe production of pork than barley- 
meal (when feeding stuffs cost about the prices quoted), and that maizemeal 
produces greater weights of increase than barley-meal. 
Although the pigs fed on barley-meal produced the firmer and better 
quality pork, yet, as long as the butcher makes no difference in price for the 
two differently fed pigs, it will be noticed that more weight of pork can be 
produced by the use of maizemeal, and that at a cheaper rate than employing 
barley-meal in the same quantities.—<Agricultural Gazette (ond 
clean, that pigs require as much attention as sheep or horses, and that their 
food should be regulated in the same manner as for the latter quadrupeds. 
But when we visit the farms of these theorists, what do we find? The pigs 
wallowing in filth, the sties belly-deep in mud in dry weather, the food thrown 
into them on this substratum of dirt, or else poured into a sour trough which 
is never cleaned out. Can men not understand that the pig is no more a filthy 
| animal than its owner? A duck is far dirtier in its habits than a pig, yet 
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After feeding for 20 days on the above rations, the quantities of meals 
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poultry-keepers are careful to look after the comfort of the duck, both as 
regards its quarters and food. 
Supposing we were to treat our horses and cattle as pigs are treated, we 
should annihilate them by disease in one act. Why then single out one of the 
most valuable and one of the least expensive of domestic animals for such 
treatment as we see the pigs subjected to? 
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