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It is unsafe to make comparisons of the different rations, but the table fails 

 CO show any advantage of the No, 1 frozen wheat ever the No. 2. 



The most remarkable feature of the experiment is the uniformly good results 

 obtained with all the groups, indicating frozen wheat to be a valuable feed for swine. 



The same would probably be found of wheat slightly affected with smut disease 

 and of otherwise shrunken wheat. 



Frozen Wheat vs. Barley.— At the Ontario Agricultural College, the 

 writer fed three lots of pigs to compare frozen wheat with barley. The frozen 

 vheat tested only 431/2 pounds per bushel. 



Lot 1 contained 18 pigs and was fed ground barley and wheat middlings. 



Lot 2 contained 20 pigs and was fed ground frozen wheat and wheat middlings. 



Lot 3, contained 18 pigs and was fed ground barley and frozen wheat, equal 

 parts, with middlings. 



The proportion of middlings varied, beiiig reduced as the experiment pro- 

 gressed, but was the same for all lots. 



The pigs in lot 1 averaged 41 pounds in weight at the start, lot 2, 37.7 pounds, 

 and lot 3, 54.5 pounds. 



Lot 1 made an average daily gain per pig of 1.08 pounds, lot 2, 1.1 pounds, 

 and lot 3, 1.18 pounds. 



The amount of meal consumed per 100 pounds gain was as follows : 



Lot 1, 430.9 pounds; lot 2, 431.4 pounds; lot 3, 432.9 pounds. 



Both in rate of gain and feed consumed per 100 pounds gain the three rations 

 may be said to have given practically the same results. In this experiment, there- 

 fore, frozen wheat proved eqiial to barley when fed with middlings. 



Oats. — Owing to their high percentage of fibre, oats do not possess a high 

 value for fattening hogs. When used at all, they should be used as a comparatively 

 small part only of the ration, and they show to best advantage when used to lighten 

 and give more bulk to a heavy, close-textured meal, such as pea meal, or even corn 



