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mother of the other. The younger we shall designate No. i, the 

 other No. 2. They were very thin in flesh, as each had run on 

 pasture and suckled a litter of pigs during the summer. Some 

 idea of their condition may be formed from the photoengraving of 

 No. 2, forming the frontispiece of this Bulletin. 



For two reasons we determined to slaughter No. i, and feed No. 

 2. First, No. I had apparently a little more fat. Second, No. 2 

 from her greater age would be less likely to form muscle or lean 

 meat as a result of the feeding. 



Accordingly, Sept. 22, 1888, No. i was slaughtered, and the fol- 

 lowing data secured : 



Live weight, 207 lbs. 



Dressed weight includiug kidneys, 131 " 



Bones, 13 " 



Total nitrogenous matter, 18. 10 " 



Total fat, 16.70 " 



Percentage protein matter in carcass 13.82 " 



Percentage fat in carcass, 12.75 " 



At the time that No. i was killed, No. 2 weighed 240 pounds. 

 We then commenced to feed her a ration of four pounds of wheat 

 bran, two pounds of cotton seed meal, and two poiuids of shelled 

 corn per day. After a few days feeding she refused to take a ra- 

 tion so rich in nitrogenous matter, and the cotton seed meal was 

 lessened. She would hardly take any for a time, but gradually 

 she was induced to eat one-half a pound per day. 



The amounts of the various fodders consumed in the cour.se of 

 the experiment is given in the table below : 



WHEAT 



BRAN. 



LBS. 



Sept. (from 22d) and October, 69. 



November, l 72. 



December 1 77.5 



January, 77.5 



February (to 12th,) | 31.25 



Total food consumed, 



327.25 



The composition of the ration varied somewhat during the 

 course of the experiment from the fact that we were not able to 

 get the hog to take as nnich of the cotton seed meal as we desired. 



Below is given the digestible composition of the ration for the 

 first month, a part of the last month, and for the whole period ; 



