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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



5 GEORGE v., A. 1915 

 Lot 8. — Wheat shorts, Oats, Peas and Barley, Dried Blood, and Mangels. 



Number of animals 



Age at beginning of feeding period days 



Total weight at beginning of feeding peiiod lb. 



Nutritive ratio of ration 



Duration of feeding period daj-s 



Amount of sliorts consumerl lb. 



Amount of grain consumed u 



Aniouut of dried blood consumed h 



Amount Of mangels consumed . . . h 



Amount of shorts consumed for 100 pounds gain « 



Amount of grain consumed for 100 pounds gain ■< 



Amount of dried blood consumed for 100 pounds gain " 



Amount of mangels consumed for 100 pounds gain n 



Cost to produce 100 pounds gain $ 



Total live weight at end of feeding period lb. 



Total gain in live weight during feeding period n 



Daily gain per pig during feeding period i 



Total wcifjht of viscera , <• 



Weight of livers n 



Weight of hearts and lungs - " 



Weight of remainder of viscera n 



4 



98 

 241 

 1 : 5 6 



100 

 700- 5 

 760- 5 

 97 

 1,000 



sen 5 



3G0 5 

 23 37 

 240 96 

 5-35 

 «u(i 

 415 

 1 

 hi 

 11 

 8 



03 

 3 



7 

 3 



673 



Lot 8. 



4 

 129 



305 

 1 : 3-5 

 100 

 650-5 

 656-5 

 100 

 1,185 

 205-15 

 205-15 

 31 25 

 370 3 

 fi-72 

 625 

 320 



89 

 9 

 7 



71 



4 



113-5 



273 



1 : 4-55 



100 



708-5 



708-5 



98-5 

 1,092-5 

 285-825 

 285-825 



27-31 

 305-63 

 6 035 

 640 

 367 



10 

 8 







5 



915 



15 



6 



1 



69-45 



Lot 9 vs. Lot 10. 



In lots 9 and 10, rice-meal -was used against wheat shorts in a mixture of ground 

 alfalfa and dried blood as a substitute for skim-milk. This trial -was made to see if 

 using one grain alone -with the skim-milk substitute -would have any effect on the 

 control pigs. Both pens were fed all they could possibly eat three times a day, and no 

 economy was practised, but with all the results were very similar to all the other work. 



In pen IS, lot 9, one pig stiifened up after thirty-six days' feeding, and at sixty 

 days all the pigs were diseased and were very rough-looking in hair and skin. They 

 ■were kept on the remaining forty days, and, -when killed, they were condemned. Pen 

 19, lot 10, did not miss a meal during the entire period. The pigs got very fat but 

 they were in perfect health until the end. 



Although lot 9 had the best balance'd ration, containing rice-meal, which had been 

 fed up until this time, and lot 10 had an absolutely narrow one, the evidence is very 

 much against the rice-meal. Even when the other foods were abused by thus combin- 

 ing them, they failed to produce the disastrous results obtained in lot 9. It must be 

 added that although the meat produced in lot 10 was very tender and sweet, the fat 

 was soft and oily, but of good flavour. 



Agassiz. 



