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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 



Lot 5. — Fed Three Times a Day. 



Summary of Eesults. 



Number of pigs in lot 



Weight at start of test November 27, 1913 

 Weight at end of test February 27, 1914 . . 



Gain in three months 



Gain per pig per day 



Tptal amount of barley fed 



Total amount of f ted Hour fed 



Total amount of mangels fed 



Total cost of feed 



Cost of feed per 100 pounds gain in weight. 



The results would indicate that there is no advantage in feeding pigs of this size 

 more frequently than twice a day. A single experiment is never conclusive, but 

 similar experiments elsewhere tend, on the whole, to corroborate this conclusion. 



The ration used, viz., 3 parts of ground barley to 1 part of feed flour to 2 parts of 

 mangels, is one that gives rapid and cheaply produced gains with pigs of the size 

 used in this experiment. 



PIGGERY. 



The accompanying plans of piggery erected at the Experimental Farm, Brandon, 

 Man., during the summer of 1913, are for the most part self-explanatory. However, 

 a few added notes regarding the same may make these more comprehensive. 



This piggery is 82 feet long, 32 feet wide and with a 13-foot post above founda- 

 tion wall. A wing 15 feet wide and 32 feet long gives ample accommodation for feed 

 room, stairways, meal room, etc., with a root cellar below. The dimensions inside the 

 piggery are as follows: passage, 6 feet wide; pens, 10 by 12 feet; feed room, 20 by 22 

 feet; and ceiling, 9 feet clear. In each of the pens is a small sleeping pen of the 

 dimension 6 by 7 feet. In each of the farrowing pens is a guardrail composed of 

 2-inch iron pipe set 12 inches above the cement floor and 10 inches out from the wall. 

 The troughs are of concrete and are 6 inches deep and 10 inches wide, inside measure- 

 ments. The pen fronts are 8 inches high next the maiii passage and 10 inches high 

 in pens, and are on the same level as the top of foundation wall. 



Brandon 



