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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 310, 24 September 1921, Page 10

Pigs multiply more rapidly, mature more quickly on leas food, and produce more digestible flash than any other animal. The increase among cattle is estimated at SO to 90 per cent, per annum, sheep 100 to 150 per cent., and pigs from 1000 to 1800 per cent. It has been amply shown Hint pigs produce more edible flesh from a given quantity of food than other animals. It require* 131 b. dry matter in the form of food to secure a- gain' of lib. of flesh in cattle; in a sheep it takes 81b. to 91b. for a gain of 11b. of mutton; but in the pig it only requires from 41b. to 51b. to produce lib. of pork. In killing, sheep dress 55 to 60 per cent, dead weight, cattle 60 to 65 per cent., and pigs "5 to 80 per cent. The pig scores again, in that the carcass contains more edible meat in proportion to ibono than that of any other flesh-producer.