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Gorn Versus Corn One-half and Velvet Bean Meal One^^ 

 half, December 27, 1916 io March 27, 1917, (90 Days). 



ilie bogs were butchered at tbe close of the experi- 

 ment and notes made of the carcass and the melting 

 points determined for the lard from the kidney fat. 



Tlie fat of the velvet bean fed hogs was found to 

 be slightly darker in color than the fat of the corn fed 

 hogs. It was found that the lards of the corn fed hogs, 

 had on the average a melting point slightly higher 

 than the bean fed hogs, although the carcasses of both 

 lots were firm. The average melting point for the corn 

 fed lot was 46.04 degrees C, and for the velvet bean fett 

 lot, 44.35 degrees C. 



Summary Statements 



1. The daily gains were not large, but satisfactory 

 for the size of the pigs used in the experiment. 



2. To make 100 pounds of increase in live weight 

 required 4H3.57 pounds of corn in Lot I; 268.82 pounds 

 of corn and 268.82 pouiios of velvet bean meal or a iolal 

 of 537.64 pounds in Lot II. 



'3. When corn was worth $1.00 per bushel, and vel- 

 vet bean meal Jf 34.00 per ton, it cost $8.64 and $9.37 to 

 make 100 pounds of increased live weight in Lots I and 

 II respectively. 



4. The velvet bean fat was slightly darker 

 than the corn fed carcasses. 



5. The average melting point of the lard from Lot I 

 was 46.04 degrees C; for Lot II, 44.35 degrees C. All oi 

 the carcasses of both lots were firm. 



