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as follows : The dry beans were weighed out, placed in the feed cooker 

 with sufficient water", and cooked until done, or until all were soft. 

 The cooked beans, including the entire contents o*f the kettle, were then 

 transferred to a Isarrel, the proper amount of cornmeal added and the 

 whole thoroughly mixed. From this mixture the pen of pigs was fed 

 as much as they Avould readily consume and still show good appetites 

 and eagerness for the next feed. 



Pigs Used. — The pigs in Lot 1 were five Berkshire-Tamworth cross 

 breds and those in Lot 2 were four Duroc-Jersey-Tamworth cross breds. 

 The average weight of the nine pigs at start was 46 pounds. 



Trials 3 and 4. — These were conducted during the summer of 1900, 

 beginning June 26 and closing September 4. 



Rations. — The rations used were the same as those used in the first 

 two trials and the method of preparing the feed was the same. Since 

 these two lots were fed during the warm weather, it was necessary to 

 cook feed oftener and in smaller quantities to prevent excessive sour- 

 ing. 



Pigs Used. — Each lot was made up of four Berkshire-Yorkshire cross 

 bred pigs put on feed at an average of 55 pounds weight. For compari- 

 son, the results and data of these four trials are set forth in the fol- 

 lowing table: 



Table I. 



From the above table it will bq seen that the cost per hundredweight 

 of gain at the feed prices heretofore quoted ranges from |2.63 in the 

 case of Lot 4, to |2.95 for Lot 1, the average of the four lots being |2.80. 

 This portion of the results is entirely satisfactory. There is an oppor- 

 tunity for a good measure of profit in pork production when pigs 

 ranging between 50 and 125 pounds, fed in pens and dry lots on grain 

 alone, without the addition of any green or especially cheap feed, can 

 be made to produce gains at a food cost of less than |3.00 per hundred 

 pounds. 



It will also be observed from the table that the average gain per 

 head was less than 8-10 of a pound per day in Lot 1, while in Lot 4, 

 which made the largest daily gains, it was only a trifle over one pound per 

 day. Witli the conditions under which these pigs were fed these gains 

 could hardly be called satisf actor}'. An examination of the records of 

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