The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1877-07-13
Experiment In Pig-Feeding.

On the 10Th day Of November, 1875,
weighed IA pure bred Cheshire pigs
that were six and eight weeks old, the
total weight being 800 lbs. They were
then put into two pens, seven in each.
Weighed March l, 1876. Total weight,
l ,205 lbs; gain 905 lbs. The food con-
sumed was AGO lbs. rye meal, at s6.75
26O lbs. bran, at S3.47; 800 lbs. feed, at
$3.50; 800 lbs. buckwheat meal, at
$3.50; $50 lbs. barley meal, at $1,000;
$40 lbs. corn meal, at $1,000. Total,
1900 lbs, worth S42.6i. Number of
pounds gained, COS; at cost of S42 GA,
or GAGS cents per pound. Reckoning
by the bushel, we had So bushels of 50
lbs. per bushel, and each so lbs. of feed
made 1876 lbs. of pork.
On the LIST of March one Of the pigs
was taken out, leaving thirteen, and
weighing l,l05 lbs. They were fed dur
ing the month, 60 bushels potatoes,
worth $500; 200 lbs. barley meal +,
worth $500, and 224 lbs. corn meal,
worth $3.50. Total feed, S24.40. The
pigs were again weighed on the lst day
Of April and weighed 1873 lbs. Gain
during the month Of 46S lbs. This time
they ate $500 lbs. of potatoes and 424
lbs. of corn and barley meal, making
1924 lbs. so lbs. OF feed made nearly
6 lbs. gain, at cost of .05S8 cents per
pound.
On May the same pigs weighed
1891 lbs. A gain of 4lS lbs. during the
month of April. This month the feed
was 60 bushels potatoes, worth $500;
and 1898 lbs. of rye feed, worth $3.50.
Total, S29.89. so lbs. of feed made s l-2
lbs. of gain, al cost of .057S cents per
pound.
Another pure bred Cheshire pig
weighing thirty-flvo pounds the 9th OF
May, 1875, was fed slop-swill until July
IA, when he weighed So lbs. He was
then fod dry swirl from the house until
October 90, when he weighed POS lbs
He was then fed boiled potatoes with
1876, when he weighed 3I6 lbs. He
gained in the time 600 days. 14l lbs
Cost of keeping for tho 80 days $500
Cost of the gain per pound, .06S cents
He was then killed, and weighed, aftei
hanging "a hours, sos lbs. Shrinkage
Al lbs, or IL per cent.
A pure bred Yorkshire barrow was
put up TO fatten, and weighed, Deem
Der /, 288 lbs; March | 470 lbs; April
II, 5l8 lbs; May /, 538 lbs; May 20
1850 lbs, when it was killed, and, after
hanging "a hours, weighed $50 lbs
Shrinkage, 100 lbs, or IS per cent
Account Of his feed not kept.
On December 6, 1876, II pigs weigh
ed 2,674 lbs. December %, drew on
Il ,458 lbs, and butchered them. Thel
put in 1868 lbs. January 23, drew on
! ,520 lbs. February 5, put in SIG lbs.
and again OH the 20th, 2ll lbs. On thi
day, drew out $50 lbs, and, on Marcl
/, the 10 pigs then in the pens weighe,
, 3,l94 lbs. The net gain from Decembe
to March was 1929 lbs, at cost O
S92.78, or cents 6 mills per pound
; There was fed 10 this lot, during tn
time, 1896 lbs. of feed; about 1873 bush
els. Each bushel made nearly - lbs. G
; pork. The feed was nearly all cor
meal during this experiment.
September IA, 1876, Cheshire pif
D weighing 266 lbs, was killed, and til
3 dressed weight was 220 lbs. Shrinkag,
{ 46 lbs, or 1929 per cent. Another o
I same day, live weight, 1926 lbs; dresse
Q weight, 1872 lbs. Shrinkage, "A lbs, {
+ l9.fG per cent. December 4, 1876, XII
4 led, five weight, 1870 lbs; dresse
C weight, ,0G9 lbs. Shrinkage, POI lbs
}, or i5.s2 per cent. Same day Berl
Q shire pig was killed; live weight, Il