DITISIOy OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY 



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SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Test 1. — Pig Feeding Experiment. 



Number of animals in each lot 



First weight, gross lb. 



First weight, average per pig » 



Finished weight, gross >> 



Finished weight, average per pig >i 



Number of days in experiment , days. 



Average gain per pig lor period lb. 



Average gain per pig per day <> 



Amount of meal consumed ■ 



Amount of milk consumed h 



Amount of green feed consumed >< 



Total cost of feed for period $ 



Cost of feed per pig for period > 



Cost of feed per pig per day ct.s . 



Cost to produce 1 pound gain live weight n 



Lot I. 



Lot II. 



Deductions from test. — Results, which wore quite satisfactory, pointed to the 

 following conclusions: — 



1. Greater daily gains may be made from the meal and milk ration but more 

 economical gains are made by an addition to ration of green cut clover. 



2. The pigs of lot I, receiving clover, were, at the conclusion of the experiment, 

 not quite as well finished as these of lot II, but having greater bone and inuooular 

 development, were in splendid shape to take a short finish for market. 



3. Pigs in lot I were at all times on feed while two pigs in lot 2 went off feed 

 and others showed tendencies that way. This again shews the conditioning and regu- 

 lating influences of green feed. 



4. The 3,600 pounds green feed given lot I was replaced by 834 pounds meal 

 mixture for lot II. Hence, for total gains, 3,600 pounds green feed is equivalent to 

 580 pounds meal mixture. In other words, when shorts and Schumacher are fed as 

 above, and this meal mixture costs $28 per torn (hen green cut clover may replace 

 one-sixth of the meal ration and is then worth -$4.51 per ton. 



Test 2. — Winter Feeding. 



Object of Experiment. — To test comparative value of feed flour, .middlings, 

 milk and turnips, in rations for pork production. 



Samples of the feeds were taken, and chemical analyses will be used as a check 

 on future experimental work of this nature. 



Plan of Experiment. — Fifty young pigs were divided into five lots of ten each. 

 Each lot subdivided into two pens of five each. 



