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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



4-5 EDWARD VII., A. 1905 

 RATIONS FOR YOUNG PIGS INSIDE. 



Lot 1. 



NuTiber of pigs in lot 



Location 



Number of days on feed 



Description of ration fed 



Pounds of mixture required for 100 

 pounds gain Lbs. 



Amount fed in period m 



Value $ 



Gain made by lot Lbs, 



Average gain per pig u 



Average rate of gain per daj' m 



Cost of 100 lbs. increase in live 



weight $ 



Health and appearance 



Weight of lot to start Lbs, 



Average weight to start n 



Weight of lot at finish ■> 



Average weight at finish i 



Lot 2. 



Inside. 



40 

 [Oil meal 200 



Shorts 200 

 I Gluten 200 

 Oats 200 

 Skim-milk 

 4^ lbs. a day 



190 meal, 564 



skim-milk. 

 252 meal, 750 

 milk. 

 3.94 

 133 



.66 



2.94 



Very good. 



183 



36^ 



316 



63 



Inside. 



40 



(.Shorts. 

 Skim-milk. 



152 meal, 564 



skim milk. 

 204 meal, 756 

 milk. 

 2.96 

 134 

 33i 

 .84 



2.21 



Excellent. 



122 



30^ 



256 



04 



Lot 3. 



Inside. 

 60 



Lot 4. 



Inside. 

 GO 



Shorts 100 Shorts 400 

 Gluten 100 Oil meal 100 



417 



993 

 10.67 



238 



48 



.82 



4.48 



Good. 



496 



99 



734 



147 



280 



400 

 4.00 

 143 

 35f 



2.80 

 Good. 

 181 

 451 



324 

 81 



Lot 



3 

 Inside. 

 60 



Oat.s 100 

 Oil meal 100 



322 



699 



8.04 



217 



44i 



.74 



3.70 



Good. 



379 



76 



595 



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STOCK FOODS FOR PORK PRODUCTION. 



In August, 32 pigs, ranging in weight from 43 to 80 pounds were divided into S 

 groups of 4 pigs each, and for the next 90 days fed experimentally. In each case th? 

 individuals in a group were nearly uniform in size. The groups, however, showed con- 

 siderable difference in their total weights, the heaviest group weighing 300 pounds or 

 75 pounds per pig, while the lightest group weighed ISO pounds or 45 pounds per pig. 

 It was not possible to secure a more uniform lot at the time and it was considered 

 better to have considerable difference in the total weights of the lots rather than to 

 have some large and some small pigs in each lot. 



The experiments lasted 90 days. During that time the pigs were confined in pens 

 with small floored yards attached. Lots 7 and 8, however, were outside, lot 7 having a 

 small unfloored yard and a cabin wherein to sleep, while lot 8 had a clover pasture of 

 about i acre area and a cabin wherein to sleep. 



The results speak for themselves, but it will be noticed that all supplementary 

 foods fed other than skim-milk and pasture, had the effect of raising the cost of pro- 

 duction. Skim-milk on the contrary lowered the cost very materially, and pasture 

 had a similar effect in a lesser degree. The meal used was a mixture of half shorts 

 and half mixed grain?, oats, pease and barley. 



In estimating the cost of production the meal ration is valued at $1 per 100 pounds, 

 the skim-milk at 15 cents per 100 pounds, and the supplementary foods or stock foods 

 at the cost of the same on the Ottawa markets, viz., Anglo-Saxon Stock Food, 10 cents 

 per pound. International Stock Food, 15 cents per pound. Horbngeum. 12^ cents per 

 pound and Sugar and Flax 21- cents per pound. Pasture is not valued, but its valae 

 jasy be deduced from the data given. 



