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if fed alone, or by six if fed in combination with corn or barley, 

 would make the value of 100 ppunds of skim-milk with corn 51c 

 (8^ x6). 



The Gurlcr rule proposed many years ago is: "The value of 

 100 pounds skim-milk when fed to fattening hogs is half the 

 price of corn per bushel." That would make its value to us at 

 present 45c per 100 pounds for fattening hogs. 



A dairyman in Illinois who feeds his skim-milk to hogs claims 

 to have made his milk pay 38c per cwt. fed with corn at 80c per 

 bushel. 



GEORGE JONES' PIG FEEDING EXPERIMENT. 



April 12, 1913: Pigs 32 days old worth $3.00. During the 

 month ending May 12, and each succeeding month, fed as fol- 

 lows : 



Skim-milk Middlings Worth 



May 12 210 lbs. 19 lbs. $ .29 



June 12 310 " 46 " .69 



July 12 360 " 60 " .90 



Aug. 12 300 '* Hominy 75 '* 1.05 



Sept. 12 240 ** 45 " 1.30 



Total 1420 " $4.23 



Sold Sept. loth @ 8Jc, wt. 176 lbs., $14.96. 



S14.96 — (4.23 + 3.00) = 7.73 ^ 1420 = .54 31-71 per 

 hundred. 



This experiment makes no account of labor, manure, etc., 

 which, in general, is treated elsewhere. Mr. Jones' experiment 

 as to result agrees very closely with experiments on a larger 



scale. 



Henry says, in regard to his conclusions concerning feeding 

 skim-milk to swine: "Those familiar with this feeding stuff 

 and its worth for bone and muscle building know that in many 

 cases, especially for young pigs and brood sows, its value is 

 much higher than stated." 



I have a notion that what my son said concerning his care of 

 a pure blood Holstein heifer calf ought to be true of every 

 breeder : "That calf has not been neglected one day since she 

 was born." 



