Show term corn and hog v ratio Is explained i live stock farmer should understand expressions it Is 18 essential gaya days W W shay swine extension specialist for the north carolina 08 rolina state college that hat the live stock farmer fanner understand the meaning of terms which are mado made uso use of by tile ho government in giving out information of which be should take in planning ills hla operations for another year on a fairly large farm such soch knowledge may easily be worth several reveral hundred dollars to blin in ono one year by tile lie terin corn and hod flog ratio la Is meant tile tho number of bust bushels le I 1 a of corn which lit at tile ho a average furill value equals tile the average forill farm value of pounds of live weight flog if the average farni farm value of live hoga Is 10 per pounds and the average farm farin price of corn Is 85 tents conf per bus bushel liel the he ratio which Is found by dividing tho price of hogs by tile the price of corn Is 1170 during the lie last four years the lie corn and hog ratio tuis has fluctuated fluctuate from froin as aa low us as 71 bushels to its as high as 10 bushels of corn the average for tile lie last 10 15 years has been over it 11 bushels during a season m of wide ratio it to la sometimes possible for it a man to buy corn of at the farin price feed it to hogs and make more inore profit on the ho corn titan than ho 1110 f farmer r I 1 1 e r who raised raise it did that statement sheild make it clear that tho the farmer who devoted a little time chite to tile lie mastery of the meaning of the terms and tile tho study of conditions deserved described and frequently forecast by then liem Is lu ju a illuce better p position to profit by future development than la Is the lie average bariner who goe boea blindly not always oli endl |