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at an average of 113.25 pounds, and weighed 215.5 pounds each at the 

 end of fourteen weeks. 



The following is a summary of the test: 



During the 98 days of this test the four pigs of Lot XIII consumed 

 on an average 4.80 pounds of their meal mixture per head daily, while 

 increasing in live weight from 110.7 pounds to 219 pounds at the rate 

 of 1.1 pounds per head daily. At the same time the four pigs of Lot 

 XIV consumed on an average 4.69 pounds of their meal mixture per 

 head daily, while increasing in live weight from 115.7 pounds to 212 

 pounds at the rate of .98 pounds per head daily. 



TEST NO. 4. 



Digester TanJcage for Fattening Sivine. 



This is a duplication of Test No. 3, Part 2, except that five pigs were 

 used in each lot instead of four, and the experiment was one week later 

 starting. The pigs in test 3 were Duroc Tamworth cross, those in 4 a 

 Berk-Tamworth cross. The pigs of these two lots were put on feed at 

 an average weight, of 100.1 pounds and finished fourteen weeks later 

 at an average weight of 179.5 pounds. 



The following is a summary of the test. 



During the 98 days of this test the five pigs of Lot XV consumed on 

 an average 3.95 pounds meal mixture per head daily, while increasing 

 in live weight from 95.6 pounds to 185.4 pounds at the rate of .91 pounds 

 per head daily. At the same time the five pigs of Lot XVI consumed on 

 an average 3.85 pounds meal mixture per head daily, while increasing 



