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EXPERIMENTA L FA RMS. 



PART I.— THE FEEDING OF SWINE. 



Experiments in the feeding of swine were continued during 1894, to gain informa- 

 tion on the quantities of feed consumed per pound of increase, in the live weight of 

 swine of different breeds or breeding. 



Incidentally some information was gained on the relative quantities of grain and 

 skim-milk required to produce one pound of increase in live weight. 



Tests were begun to discover whether the feeding of wheat and of buckwheat 

 resulted in the production of meat of a soft and inferior quality. 



FIRST SERIES. 



This series of tests was a continuation of those reported as third series in the 

 annual report of 1893. 



In 1893 the swine in this test were fed until December 6 on a mixture, composed 

 of equal parts (by measure) of barley, rye, frosted wheat (all ground) and wheat bran, fed 

 after being soaked in cold water for 8 and 18 hours. 



From December 6 until the end of the test, the swine in seven pens were fed 

 on the same mixture, soaked in cold water, for an average period of 18 hours, plus 3 

 pounds of skim-milk per head per day. 



Table I. 



Pen No. 2 contained 2 swine, crossbred by Berkshire sire and Tamworth dam. 

 (Farrowed May 7, 1893.) 



Table II. 



Pen No. 3 contained 5 swine, crossbred by Berkshire sire and Improved 

 Large Yorkshire dam. (Farrowed June 6, 1893.) 



Live weight 



Increase in weight . 



Feed consumed . . . 



I + 



do per lb. of increase in live weight. < 



meal. 

 milk. 



meal . 

 milk. 



Dec. 0. 



Lbs. 

 544 



Totals. 



Lbs. 



"575" 



1,782 



1,250 



3 09 



a 17 



