296 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



[Exhibit F.] 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PIGS. 



The experiments in pig-feeding have been limited to some 

 preliminary inquiries in regard to the influence of bran and 

 cotton-seed meal when added to a ration composed princi- 

 pally of corn-meal. 



As bran and cotton-seed meal contain a higher percentage 

 of proteids than corn-meal, they should be valuable additions 

 to the ration, if corn-meal as a fattening food is deficient in 

 nitrogenous constituents. Ten pure-bred Berkshire pigs, 

 from the College farm, were put in the experimental pens 

 on the afternoon of October 23, but one pig being put in 

 each pen. The age, sex, and weight of each pig is given in 

 the following table : — 



No. 1, Sow, weight, October 23, 58f lbs. "j 



For a preliminary period of five days, while getting accus- 

 tomed to their new quarters, the pigs were all fed on corn- 

 meal. 



At the beginning of the experiment, on the morning of 

 October 29, they were all again weighed, before feeding, 

 and were then put on their assigned rations as follows : — 



Nos. 5 and 6, — Corn-meal only. 



Nos. 1, 2, and 8, — Corn-meal with cotton-seed meal. 



Nos. 3, 7, and 4, — Corn-meal with bran. 



Nos. 9 and 10, — Corn-meal with bran and cotton-seed meal. 



