DiriSIOy OF AyiMAL HUSBAyDRY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Lot 9. — Rice meal, Ground Alfalfa, Dried Blood, and Mangels. 



Lot 9— Pen 18. 



Number of animals 



Ape at beginning of feeding perior] days. 



'i'utal weigiit at beginning of feeding period lb. 



Xuliitive ratio of ration 



Duration of feeding period ..... days. 



Amount of meal consumed lb. 



Amount of alfalfa consumed n 



Amount of drieJ blood consumed n 



Amount of mangels con.sumed m 



Amount of uieal consumed for lOd pounds gain n 



Amount of alfalfa consumed for 100 pounds gain n 



Amount (;f dried blood con-iuuiod for 100 pounds gain n 



Amount of mangeln consumed for 100 pounds gain t 



Cost to produce lOO p<junds gain $ 



Total live weight at end of feeding period lb. 



Total gain in live weight during feeding |iei iod " 



Daily pain per pig during feedmg period n 



Total riacrrii, ivii'jht of n 



Weight of livers ii 



Weight of hearts and lungs i 



Weight of remainder of \ iscera 



4 



105 



2G3 



1:5.6 



100 



1,181 



100 



100 



1,000 



434 19 



3G-76 



3rt-76 



3G7-6 



7.76 



535 



272 



•68 



1*2 6 



10-7 



6 2 



75 "7 



Lot 10. — "Wheat Shorts, Ground Alfalfa, Dried Blood, and Mangels. 



Lot 10-Pen 19. 



Number of animals 



Age at beginning of feeding period days. 



Total weight at beginning of feeding period ; lb. 



Nutritive ratio of ration 



Duration of feeding period .' days . 



Amount of shorts consumed lb. 



Amount of alfalfa consumed n 



Amount of dried blood consumed . . u 



Amount of mangels consumed n 



Amount of shorts consumed for 100 pounds gain n 



Amount of alfalfa consumed for 100 pound.-> gain n 



Amount of dried blood consumed for 100 pounds gain i 



Amount of mangels consumed for 100 pounds gain h 



Cost to firoduce 100 pounds gam S 



Total live weight at end of feeding jieriod lb. 



Total gain in live weight during feeding jierioiJ n 



Daily gain )jcr pig during feeding pe iod i 



Total wci'jht of viscera 



Weight of livers n 



Weight of hearts and lungs 



Weight of remainder of viscera ■ 



4 



105 



253 



1 : 3.3 



100 



1431 



100 



100 



1000 



357 75 



25- 



25- 



250- 



6.12 



653 



400 



1- 



102-2 



12-9 



9 5 



79-8 



Lot 11 vs. Lot 12. 



With lots 11 and 12, rice-nieal was used against wheat shorts, both being mixed 

 with boiled potatoes, skim-milk, and mangels. 



The pigs were very even in size, type, and condition, at the beginning, and the 

 pens contained two sows and two barrows each; these were grade Yorkshires. With 

 these two lots, there was a repetition of all previous trouble which was caused hy 

 rice-meal. Tlie two rations are probably the most common ones in this section, and, 

 since doing this work, we have learned that other feeders have experienced similar 

 trouble. 



Li the rice-meal lot (Xo. 12), pen 21, the pigs showed signs of disease after 

 thirty-four days. One pig took very violent cramps, the same a.s a pig in lot 1, pen 12. 

 In a sliort tim^ tlie three remaining pigs were attacked in the same way. They would 



Agassiz. 



