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in continuing the cultivation of wheat in New York State for 

 several years to come, although the money received for the grain 

 may be insuthcient to meet the expenses of raising and marketing 

 the crop. Then, too, the wheat straw is often the chief stable 

 absorbent in the grain districts and is of great value for this pur- 

 pose. As the number of animals on the farms is increasing, par- 

 ticularly in the dairy districts, the question of providing absorbents 

 for the preservation of manure is not always easily solved. In view 

 of all these facts it is safe to assume that wheat will be raised for 

 many years in this State and that a larger portion than formerly 

 will be fed on the farms. 



In order to make a comparative test of the value of the wheat 

 product with that of corn as a food for pigs, the food was so mixed 

 that the grain fed of each kind had the same chemical composition, 

 so far as the nutritive ratio was concerned. It was found by mixing 

 twenty-six pounds of gluten feed with one hundred pounds of corn 

 meal that tlie nutritive ratio of the mixture was practically the 

 same as that of wheat. This mixture was fed to one lot of pigs 

 and ground wheat to another. Each lot received equal amounts of 

 skim milk, 



September 25, 1894, twelve barrows were selected from a uni- 

 form lot of thirty pigs, about nine weeks old, and divided into 

 two lots of six each. Lot I was fed ground wheat and skim milk. 

 Lot II, corn meal and gluten in the proportions mentioned above 

 with the same amount of skim milk as Lot I. Twenty-six pounds 

 of skim milk was fed to each lot night and morning until about the 

 10th of January when the milk was increased to fifty-two pounds at 

 each feeding. Each lot was fed the food indicated until October 

 10th when the pigs were weighed and the records of the experi- 

 ment began. The following table gives the total weight, the aver- 

 age weight and the average monthly gain for each lot until Febru- 

 ary 11th, the time of slaughtering. 



