| I May, 1900. ] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 367 
TABLE IIT. 
Stowinc Amount or Foon Consumep WEEKLY BY Eacu Pex, Totat Foon ConsumED 
DURING THE PERIOD By EacH PEN, AND AVERAGE DAILY CONSUMPTION PER PIG. 
Pen A. ; PEN B. 
=~ —- ects — 3 - 
Mangolds (boiled). Barley (ground). Mangolds (boiled). 
Tb. Ib. lb. 
week af 570 Ist week .... 44 408 
Toba week. 481 2nd week ... 94 130 
heck... 423 3rd week... 116 105 
Imereck 414 4th week... 136 38 
1,888 ' 390 681 ; 
ia Se ICR aS er ee BPE ene aS TT LS De Ghee 
| “erage daily Average daily | Barley 3:48 ae 6°08 
sumption consumption 7 Seseeter omer tae: = 
€ach 170 by each... 9°56 Ib. 
t ——— i 
Average Dail 
y Feed . ae ry > Pi Number Ib. Food Con- | Number 1b. Food Con- 
per Pig. Average Daily Feed per Pig. sumed for 1 Ib, Increase./sumed for 1 1b. Increase. 
Pen A. Pen B. Pen A. PEN B. 
a eee 5 nasa ae eta: =a aa = 
Mangotds (boiled), Barley (ground). Mangolds Mangolds (boiled). Barley and Mangolds. 
(boiled). 
— j it : ? acd : ah - - 4 
ba Ib. Ib. Ib. Ib. 
170 3°48 6:08 28° 577 
| Me nn 
: 9°56 
; eereeneees Pe Sa al eet UO Pe ea yee pea Naan eunn inn A yeNr steerer ee 
RELATIVE VALUES OF FODDER AND PRODUCT. 
Pen A.— Food Oonsumed— 8. d. 
1,888 Ib. mangolds, at 10s. per ton... ot ae Ono 
Increase of pork, 67 [b., at 24d. ef i oem Zee 2 
Pen B.— Food Consumed— 
390 lb. barley, at 2s. 6d. per ton ix ox we On. 
681 Ib. mangolds, at 10s. per ton ic cox ao Bf 
4 Increase of pork, 185'5 lb. at 2id. live jweight, £1 14s. 9id.; 38. worth 
yaugold produced 4s. 6d. worth of pork, and the total amount of pork produced 
aie 185°5 lb. valued at 23d., £1 14s. 93d; £1 14s. 9$d. — 4s. 6d. gives £1 10s. 
“it. as the value of the pork actually produced by 7:8 bushels or 19s. 6d. worth 
barley. Therefore the gain by feeding barley to pigs = 1s. 5d. nearly per 
banal when barley is of a value of 2s. 6d. per bushel, and the feeding value of 
tley for pork production is 8s. 11d. per bushel when pork is worth 2¢d. per 
Ib live weight. 
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(Vide Puars CXCIYV.) 
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BERKSHIRE SOW. 
 Farrowed 1st February, 1898. 
Sire—Stanley, by Royal Master, by Maori Chief. 
Dam—Countess Ist, by Jack. 
gd Jubilee, by King Tom. 
ggd_ ‘Tilly (imported). 
