---------------------------+------+-------+-------+--------+---------------+--------+------- | | | | |Supplementary | | | | | | |feed required | Total | Net | | | | | for 100 | cost |profit | |Initial| Total |Average |pounds of gain.| of 100 | per |Number| weight| gain, | daily +-------+-------+ pounds |acre.[3] Forage tested, plat area, | of | per | all | gain |Shelled| Meat | of | and ration. | hogs.| hog. | hogs. |per hog.| corn. | Meal. |gain.[2]| ---------------------------+------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+--------+-------- | |Pounds.|Pounds.| Pounds.|Pounds.|Pounds.| | Rape (Dwarf Essex, 0.9 | | | | | | | | acre), and ear corn[4] | | | | | | | | plus one-tenth meat meal.| 18 | 37.8 |2,801.7| 1.10 | 292.5 | 33.99 | $3.79 | ...... Reduced to acre basis. | 20 | .... |3,113.0| .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | $88.64 | | | | | | | | Clover (medium red, 0.8 | | | | | | | | acre) and ear corn | | | | | | | | alone[4]. | 15 | 39.0 |1,790.0| .84 | 370.6 | None. | 3.71 | ...... Reduced to acre basis. | 18.75| .... |2,237.5| .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | 51.20 | | | | | | | | Clover (medium red, 0.8 | | | | | | | | acre) and ear corn[4] | | | | | | | | plus one-tenth meat meal.| 15 | 39.0 |2,394.0| 1.13 | 299.3 | 34.77 | 3.84 | ...... Reduced to acre basis. | 18.75| .... |2,992.5| .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | 64.55 | | | | | | | | Sweet clover[5] (yellow | | | | | | | | biennial, 0.8 acre) and | | | | | | | | ear corn[4] plus | | | | | | | | one-tenth meat meal. | 18 | 37.8 |2,594.0| 1.02 | 313.6 | 24.70 | 3.70 | ...... Reduced to acre basis. | 22.60| .... |3,242.5| .... | ..... | ..... | ..... | 74.50 ---------------------------+------+-------+-------+--------+-------+-------+--------+--------- [2] Corn valued at 50 cents per bushel, meat meal at $2.50 per hundredweight. [3] Hogs valued at $6 per hundredweight.