Farm Arithmetic; To Be Used with Any Text-Book of Arithmetic or Without (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...of gain when feeding 42-cent corn to 78-pound hogs, the selling price of hogs being 6 cents per pound live weight. 469. In feeding 42-cent corn to 320-pound hogs? 470. How much profit is made on 100 pounds gain by feeding 56-cent corn to 78-pound hogs, the increase being worth 5 cents per pound live weight? 471. In feeding 56-cent corn to 320-pound hogs what is the profit on 100 pounds gain? 472. Suppose corn is worth 56 cents per bushel and hogs 6 cents per pound live weight. What is the profit or loss in producing 100 pounds of increase by feeding the 78-pound hog? 473. By feeding the 320-pound hog? 474. The amount of grain required to add a total of 3,000 pounds to the weight of hogs of 320-pound weight would add what weight to hogs of the 78-pound class? Important truth. Hogs return to their owner the greatest relative profit if sold at an age of from six to nine months. They then weigh between 150 and 200 pounds. Hogs weighing from 300 to 400 pounds are usually sold at a loss. Only when feed is cheap and prices high can heavy hogs be produced at a profit. Feeding beyond the point at which the cost of production equals the selling price always entails an actual loss. Poultry. Poultry raising is not a specialized industry in the United States. Except in a comparatively few instances it is a side issue of the general farming activities. Nevertheless, it is one of the most important lines of American agriculture, contributing many millions of dollars to its wealth, and, next to the dairy, furnishing the most important and acceptable supply of food. 475. In the year 1909, there were 5,578,525 farms where chickens were raised. On each farm there was an average of 50.3 chickens. How many were there on farms that year in the United States? This is a gain of 20...