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The following Table shows the quantities of feed consumed per pound of gain in 

 live weight, during each of the six feeding periods. The duration of each feeding 

 period was four weeks, with the exception of the first period for Pens 4 and 5, and 

 the last period for all the Pens, which was three weeks. The grain fed in each case 

 was a mixture of equal paits of ground pease, barley and rye. No notice is taken in 

 this Table of the pease ensilage fed to Pens 4 and 5,*as it did not appear to have any 

 appreciable feeding value in these cases. 



Table IV. — Pounds of Feed consumed per pound of gain in the live weight of swine. 



Conclusions. — The teaching of these three sets of experiments is to the effect 

 that : — 



(1.) There is no appreciable difference in the number of pounds of grain 

 required to produce every pound of increase in the live weight of swine, when fed 

 steamed and warm, as against fed raw and cold; 



(2.) On the average there is a gradual increase in the quantity of feed con- 

 sumed, for every pound of gain in live weight of swine, after the second month of 

 their feeding period and after the average live weight exceeds 100 lb. ; 



(3.) It is economical to market swine for slaughtering when they weigh from 

 180 to 200 lb. alive ; 



(4.) The largest consumption of feed per day by swine is at or near the period 

 of their feeding, when the number of pounds of feed consumed, per pound of increase 

 in weight, is lowest ; 



(5.) For the increase of weight by 3,231^ lb. in 24 swine, 4-14 lb. of a mixture 

 of ground pease, barley and rye were required for every pound of increase in live 

 weight. 



Several series of feeding tests are in progress, mainly for the purpose of deter- 

 mining the relative values of (1) ground grain and whole grain; (2) of grain and 

 skim milk; and (3) of frozen wheat from Manitoba and North-West Territories. 

 At this writing, the quantity of ground fi-ozen wheat consume') pei- pound ofinci-ease 

 in live weight has been 5-30 lb., with swine weighing from 185 lb. to 275 lb. live 

 weight each, and 3-93 lb. of ground frozen wheat per pound of increase in live 

 weight with swine weighing from 70 lb. to 105 lb. each. 



