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The Wisconsin Experiment Station reports two feeding trials with barley and 

 corn. In the first trial the grains were fed alone, and in the second they were fed 

 with skim-milk. 



The first of the two trials shows that it required 471 pounds of barley to 

 produce 100 pounds of gain, and -135 pounds of corn to produce 100 pounds of gain. 



In the second trial it required 330 pounds of barley and 398 pounds of skim- 

 milk for 100 pounds of gain, and 306 pounds of corn and 371 pounds of milk for 

 100 pounds of gain. In each trial, therefore, it required more barley than corn 

 for 100 pounds gain. 



The South Dakota Station found barley and corn practically equal as pork 

 producers, it requiring 453 pounds of corn and 457 pounds of barley, respectively, 

 for 100 pounds of gain. 



Colorado and Ontario experiments were in favor of barley as compared with 

 corn. 



The first Wisconsin trial gave the most marked results in favor of corn, and 

 it is worthy of note that the hogs in this trial averaged ovej 200 pounds in weight 

 at the commencement of the trial. Where younger hogs were used, barley made 

 a better showing as compared with corn. There is little doubt that, considered as 

 a fat former, corn is superior to barley, and hence well-grown pigs should be able 

 to stand exclusive corn feeding much better than younger pigs. The writer's 

 experience would lead him to prefer barley to corn as a meal ration for growing 

 pigs, and this view is borne out by the experiments noted. The extensive use made 

 of barley for swine feeding in Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, and other 

 countries, is strong evidence of its value. 



One disadvantage of barley is the fact that it is not eaten so readily by pigs 

 as one might wish, and should be mixed with some other feed, to increase its 

 palatability. Barley is well adapted to mixing with corn as a ration for almost 

 any class of pigs. 



Wheat. — Wheat has been experimented with, more or less, as a feed for 

 swine, and results show that there is comparatively little difference between wheat 

 and com in feeding value. Wheat contains less fibre than barley, but ground 

 wheat alone can hardly be regarded as a satisfactory ration, owing to the fact that 

 it is likely to cause digestive troubles. It gives much better results when mixed 

 with other meal, and combines well with corn. As a general thing, feeding sound 

 wheat is out of the question, owing to its relatively high price. It is only under 

 exceptional circumstances that it can be counted among feeds for swine. 



The Wyoming Station secured better gains for feed consumed from wheat than 

 from corn in each of two tests, reported in Bulletin 74. 



Frosted Wheat. — In some years, considerable of this product is placed upon 

 the market. In the northern belt, wheat may be sufficiently injured by frost to 

 render it unfit for milling, and yet be practically equal to sound wheat for feeding 

 purposes. Frozen wheat varies much in character, ^depending upon the degree of 

 maturity reached by the grain before being frozen. 



In his evidence before the Committee on Agriculture, J. H. Grisdale, of the 

 Central Experimental Farm, Canada, gives details of swine feeding experiments 

 with frozen wheat, fed alone and in combinations. The following table brings out 

 the principal points : 



