72 



EXPERIMENTAL FARMS. 



Table II. 



Pen No. 2 contained 4 swine, grades by Improved Large Yorkshire sire and 

 Berkshire Grade dam. 



Live weight. 



Increase in weight 



Feed consumed 



do per lb. of increase in live weight . 



Oct. 3. 



Lbs. 

 376 



Oct. 31. 



Lbs, 



499 

 123 

 624' 

 5-07 



Nov. 28. 



Lbs. 



642 



143 



631 



4-41 



Dec. 26. 



Lbs. 



746 



104 



608 



5-84 



Totals. 



Lbs. 



6H) 



1,863 

 503 



Table III. 



Pen No. 3 contained 2 swine, crossbred by Improved Large Yorkshire sire and 

 Berkshire dam. 



Live weight 



Increase in weight 



Feed consumed ........ 



do per lb. of increase in live weight . 



Oct. 3. 



Lbs. 

 2.56 



Oct. 31. 



Lbs. 



331 



75 

 371i 

 4-93 



Nov. 28. 



Lbs. 



398 



67 



342 



510 



Dec, 26. 



Lbs. 



426 



28 



232 



8-28 



Totals. 



Lbs. 



170 

 945^ 

 5-56 



Table IV. 

 Pen No. 4 contained 3 swine, purebred Improved Large Yorkshires. 



Live weight 



Increase in weight. 



Feed consumed 



do per lb. of increase in live weight. 



Oct. 3. 



Lbs. 

 275 



Oct. 31. 



Lbs. 



338 



63 



370 



5-87 



Nov. 28. 



Lbs. 



405 



67 



364 



5-43 



Dec 26. 



Lbs. 



314* 



42 



276 



657 



Totals. 



Lbs. 



' 172" 

 1,010 



5-87 



* 2 swine only. 



Conclusions. From these tests with 12 swine, which were continued 12 weeks, 

 it appears that: — 



(1.) On the average 5*26 lbs. of frosted wheat were consumed per pound of 

 increase in the live weight. 



Second Series. 



A series of experiments was commenced with five pens of swine of different 

 breeds or breeding, I y feeding them all on the same ration, — a mixture of equal 

 parts by weight of barley and fiosted wheat, both ground and soaked in cold water 

 for an average of 30 hours. After the first week a quantity of pulped carrots, equal 

 to one-fifth of the weight of grain consumed, was given. 



