Show LE lJ PROFITABLE WEIGHT OF PIGS Experiments Prove Animal Conclusively That Should Never Be Fed After Nine Months Montha Old Experiments made for tor the purpose of determining the economic weight of at a pig show conclusively that he never should bo be fed beyond eight or nine months old old and the largest profit Is found as a rule in a eight not exceeding ex ex- seeding pounds What Is known as the food toad of at support says a writer lr Ir the Farm and Home plays a very Important part In the profit and loss losa of large weights Suppose as many farmers say that thata a pig is not to be killed until he reaches po pounds He must take from tram his bis food an increasing amount each day to support of or maintain the weight already gained or else he drops back The experiments Indicate Indicate Indi Indi- cate sate that two per cent of ot the live weight in food must be De taken each day to support that live weight If It the animal weighs pounds this amounts to six pounds of at food dally daily or over 40 pounds per week and as the only profit is the food thatis that thatIs Is applied to make new weight it results results results re re- that over 40 pounds of food are consumed per week from which no profit whatever is reaped It follows that the more money can be made from young hogs killed at a medium weight |