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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Period 2. 



The quantit}' of milk fed daily was not uniform, owing to the lim- 

 ited supply, but the amount fed to each lot of pigs was always the 

 same by measure, averaging about 4 quarts. The corn and meal 

 fed were from the same lot, and so were the same in quality. In 

 the first period the corn and meal consumed were out of a fine lot of 

 the Flint variety, which was grown in Piscataquis County. In the 

 second period western corn was used. It is to be noticed, then, that 

 in each period the same weight of the same kind of food was given 

 to each lot of pigs, the only difference in the rations being that the 

 corn was fed whole to one lot, and as meal to the other. 



Below can be seen the weights of the pigs at the beginning and 

 end of the periods. 



Period 1, weight December 28th, 



«* '* March 16th 



Gain in 78 days 



Period 2, weight March 28th. 

 «' July 25th... 



<i 



Meal — 

 Lot 1. 



Whole Corn- 

 Lot 2. 



Gain in 118 days ^ 229 lbs. 



Total gain in 196 days ' 385 *« 



224 lbs. 

 387 " 



The outcome of this experiment is, 



(1) The same weight of whole corn and meal produced almost 

 exactly the same growth, the difference being only two pounds. 



(2) Six pounds of corn or meal produced in the first period 

 slightly more growth daih' than eight pounds in the last period. Sev- 

 eral experimenters have called attention to the fact that the cost of 



