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The feeding of grain of any of the kinds tested to 

 pigs whose flesh had previously been softened by feed- 

 ing on peanuts greatly solidified the lard, but the ex- 

 clusive feeding of grain for 26 to 35 days just before 

 butchering failed to make the flesh and lard as firm 

 as that of pigs which had never consumed peanuts. 



When a mixture was fed containing 20 or 25 per cent 

 of cotton seed meal and the remainder corn meal, the 

 melting point of the lard was 3.4 degrees F. higher 

 than when only com meal was fed. 



Rice bran was not relished by hogs and it did not 

 afford rapid growth. 



Rice polish in 5 experiments proved superior to corn 

 meal. One pound of growth required only 3.73 pounds 

 of rice polish as compared with 4.74 pounds of corn 

 meal. Hence 78.6 pounds of polish were equal to 100 

 pounds of com meal for shoats. 



Corn hearts proved decidedly inferior to corn meal, 

 and to cowpea mieal. 



Skim milk in moderate amount saved about half of 

 the usual quantity of grain in the ration of shoats. 



Introductory. 



Hogs are profitable property. Now that the prices 

 of live hogs and of meat are unusually high this lesson 

 is being brought; home most forcefully. Hogs were 

 profitable even when they sold on foot at 3 to 3| cents 

 a poutad as they did locally when our earlier experi- 

 ments, published in Bulletins Nos. 82 and 93 of this 

 station, were under way. 



Whatever the price of hogs or of pork it is necessary 

 to the maximum profit that we make sparing use of 

 com in most portions of the Gulf States. We need to 

 economize in the use of corn, not by stinting the total 



