Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-15
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"How much Pork piiI Jushei Of g.
make l''--I was much pleased with n.
account Of experiments by H. L. En-.
worth, in relation TO this question, and !
may be interesting 10 some readers of N.
Cultivator 10 see the results Of some of =.
experiments on the same subject, al,hou.I
they have not been made with view 4
publication, nor with the exactnes; oftho.s
referred 10 above but they nav t.I
more TO elucidate the above question q
account Of having been continued from u.
year to another.
First Of lst month, 1916, l had fam.
,hoats, which ! valued at $12 so; .hot.
ly afterwards paid So for sow M
some shoats, making 1921 SO for the STOCK.
To these ] fed l33 bushels Of corn, which
together With the acorns and other thin.,,
obtained in the W GODS enabled me 10 butch.
er 2,675 lbs. Of pork, and have stock No.,
on the first month, 1916, worth $2I Hl
the same as above. This year.. feedin,
made twentypounds Of pork for one lushsI
Of corn; but ,lrre were great m;nyacoym
which think improved my hogs as much
as 100 bushels Of corn would have don,
In lS46, l find that, after making ana.
allowance for stock purchased, 27l bush.
els of corn made 1858 lbs. Of pork, eo,.I
to lOa lbs. per bushel Of corn.
In lS47, 1913 bushels Of corn made 4.
1928 lbs. Of pork, equal to about II bs,
per bushel Of corn.
| In lS4s, BY making proper allowances
for increase il. the value Of stock. 2l0
bushels Of corn made 2,7Ol lbs. Of pe.k.
which equals IL l-5 lbs. per bushel. .This
year there were some acorns.
BY summing the 4 years together, I'M
that have paid $35 IS for stock On b,nd
worth $26-leaving So Sc out Of pocket
have fed ,02O bushels Of corn, and MAJ
1903 lbs Of pork after taking Of go
pounds Of pork to pay for the stock out of
pocket, there is left 1880 pounds 4
pork from the | ,O2O bushels Of corn, eauaf
to l2a pounds per bushel, ., The average
for four years.
In 1916, pork sold for 81 per 100 lbs;
in 1916, So IS; in l847, So Is; and d
l84S, So. Suppose the price Of pork
So, it will make corn bring 37a cts. pet
bushel. But il has averaged more about
So 25- which makes the corn bring 4Ol
cents per bushel. The first year il brought
80 cents /; the second year, % 7-8 cents;
the third year, 38i cents: the fourth year,
81 l-5 cents per btshel. wi
! would remark chat the corn was moi all
measured as exactly as If It were 10 b
sold, but considerable care was taken u
have it pretty nearly correct. The hoeS
received the slops from the kitchen Of i
small family. and they had few bushels
Of bran, but II was added in with the corn,
at the rate Of q bushels Of bran for cts
bushel Of corn. They have ,un on
the stubbles some times; but some
allowance was made for the corn they
would have eaten there; and as the farm
was small and poor, ! have not raised
much grain. The hogs have generally
run in the woods. think it il probable.
that good breed Of swine will average,
with proper care, IL IL lbs. Of pork for
every bushel Of corn they eat for years
together, without any pasture except what
they get in the woods. . s. 60
Respectfully, EZRA CATTELL.
Harrison County, JAM, 1S49.