DIVISION OF ASJMAL Hii^BAXDRY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Lot 4. — Oats, Peas aiid Barley, Wheat Shorts, Skim-milk, nnd Mangels. 



465 



days, 

 lb. 



da ys. 

 lb. 



Number of animal.<! 



Age at beginning of feeding period 



Total weigtii at beginning of fetding period . . 



NutritiN'e ratio of ration .... 



Duration of feeding jieriod 



Amount of grain con.suincd 



Amount of sliorts consumed 



Amount of milk consumed 



Amount of mangels consumed 



Amoimt of grain con.^umed for 100 pounds gain 

 Amount of shorts consumed for 100 poun'ls gain 

 Amount of niilk consumed for 100 pounds gain 

 Amount of mangels consumed for 100 pounds 



gain 



Cost to produce 100 pounds gain 



'I'otal live weight at end of feeding, period .... 

 Total gain in live weight during feeding period m 



Daily gain per pig during feeding period « 



ToOd iceiyht of viscera « 



Weights of livers. ... i 



Weik'ht of hearts and hmgs > 



Weight of remainder of viscera 



s 



lb. 



Pen 4. 



4 



98 

 24.S 

 1:4-47 



91 

 447 

 447 

 920 

 illO 

 114 G 

 114 (■) 

 235 8 



23.'l-33 

 3 92 

 638 

 390 

 1 09 

 93 7 

 12 



10 3 

 71 4 



Lot 4. 



I 

 Pen 8. i Pen 15. 



4 



84 



204 



1:4 7 



105 



550 5 



550 5 

 1,050 

 2,120 



131 07 



131 07 



250 



504 -70 



4 72 



624 



♦20 



1 



87 



11 9 

 10 

 65 



1 



4 



98 

 234 

 1:4 5 

 100 

 742-5 

 742-5 



l.OOU 



1.000 

 173 48 

 173-48 

 233 6 



233-6 

 5 34 

 602 

 428 

 1 07 

 89-9 

 13 

 9 3 

 67 -6 



•Average. 



3 

 6 

 55<) 



4 



93 

 228 

 1:4 



9S 6 

 .580 

 580 

 1190 

 1,343-3 

 139 71 

 139-71 

 239 8 



323 896 



4 

 641 



66 

 3 



412 6 



1 

 90 

 12 



9 

 68 



053 

 2 

 3 

 9 



Lot 5 .\nd Lot 6. 



In lots 5 and 6, ground alfalfa was substituted for skim-milk, and rice-meal was 

 tried against the common grain mixture.- The rations for both lots -were of a bulky 

 nature, yet they were eaten well, especially the control. The pigs on the control ration 

 had not the smooth, fine finish of the milk-fed hogs, and the gain -^vas costly. 



Pen 13, lot 5, had very rough coats of hair and dark-coloured skins, and they gre-w 

 very rough. After being fed for fifty-four days, one pig sho-wcd signs of stiffness, but 

 it -was several days longer before all the rest lost control of their hind-legs. This pen 

 did not get as bad as previous rice-meal fed pens, and the pigs got about the pen to 

 feed until the end of the period. Pen 2.3, lot 5, did not stand up so well, for in thirty- 

 one days one pig was crippled. Graduallj' others went down, until, after sixty days, 

 three pigs were stiffened up and very sore. One pig showed no signs of stiffness 

 whatever during the entire period. lie ate fairly well, had rough hair, and did not 

 grow, but he remained on his feet the entire period. Just at the end, he had the 

 peculiar staring expression, and his head was much out of proportion to the rest of his 

 body. 



In lot G, pen 10 was not an extra good control, because two pigs when started had 



become runted and the rough ration did not improve them. All the pigs in this pen 



. had an enormous api)ctitc and they were given all they would eat. They were kil'.-d 



early, but were in perfect health, with the exception of one pig which had adhesions 



between the lungs and ribs. 



Pen 25 of this lot was made up of much better pigs. They ate greedily and 

 remained healthy throughout the entire period. 



In these lots, even with poor pigs as controls, the rough grains were far superior 

 to the rice-meal. The lack of milk made a great difference in the condition of the 

 pigs. 



16 — 30-31 Aga.ssiz. 



