Show hog H 09 production costs reduced lower capital investment needed where two litters tw s are raised prepared by the he states stale department of f I 1 ure ilog hog diction costs costa nio are lower when two IMO utters litters of pigs tire lire raised each vear than when only one litter litter la Is dalhed adding full fall pigs to the ile pro plan means a slight increase in feed feed und annl labor ata costs for each pounds of pork produced other costs costa ll alloner oNer uni are decreased chiefly because it Is easler to save sa pigs tit nt weaning time little in the lie suin than in ili tile spring opting the hie economy of producing two litters it year Is also slon shown in ill a lower low or feces ne cs sary bar capital investment maintenance costs of the lie breeding herds are aie slightly when nhen two 0 o litters tire aio raised largely because bowa tire ire on oil tile ilio funi for foi a goliger bitne on oil it i monthly basis there theio ly Is rally no difference interesting lights these hicks and many other interesting lights tin oil hog production costs tire are brought biou glit out by b the lie department of ag in it study recently completed on hog ruining in ili iowa ioa and illinois Fur furniere in ili lienay county iowa und had warren county taint tn int illinois mope operated cooperated co rated with will lie d imminent representatives in making exact records of their hog production costs costa in 1021 and 1022 1922 these count counties les tire nio luigo large producers of corn hogs and cuttle cattle although the act cost figures obtained in tills this study fire are out of dulc date now the lie methods of elli lent clent practice that were revealed and the light thrown on sources of losi los i in the lie hug hog raising business have permanent interest besides demonstrating the superior efficiency of the two litter system tile the study slimier that there Is a regular Inc renso in corn consumed when elga are fed heavier weights in other words it took look on an average i erase less feed to produce the first 60 pounds of pork than it took look to produce tile set bet ond and less to produce tile the second than the third and so on tims to raise a herd of pigs 12 pounds tit in weight took only 3 houndt of corn fur for eath each pounds of hog when huga hogs were raised tu to the he average weight of pounds the he amount of feed necess my to produce aitch of f luig hog wits vuis pounds although tile lie did nut not entirely 11 ilioiu lill oil out tho theory v that the cicitt power of feed declines in it 11 steady proportion as rat nials mals aro to grenter grei ilir weights it lid did tie lie generally Kine accept acceptor od idea den eliat it progressively takes more corn to increase the lie weight of hogs us they approach maturity effect on profits reduced costs of production have obviously lie he same effect on profits ns as an increased Inc reused ialo balo price this I 1 s strikingly demonstrated by the department in an analysis of effects of production costs on pr ilits production costs varied widely on the farius fanua studied the cost in ili 1021 1921 ranged from 07 to 1355 per pounds of hog profits in the lowest cost group averaged 03 cents for IOU pounds compared with a loss of per pounds in the highest cost group in 1022 1922 the range of bosis was from to 1002 per hundred pounds of hog farmers in the low cost group made a profit of a hundred bundled pounds whereas those in the high cost group suffered buffered a loss of per hundred pounds it was shown that each in crease in costs menns a distinct de crease in profits and it a ft decrease creame in the return for each bushel of corn fed for forms farms raiding two litters a year the spread was smaller although Hll hough considerable 1 sid l Id no feer than lhnn 81 B per 11 ent cent of th the e pigs farrowed furrowed far rowed in file ho spring of 1021 1921 were lost before e weaning time |