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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



The average initial weij^hts of the pi<;s in the dilfereut tests varied 

 from 50 lbs. to 140 lbs. bnt in each test llie initial weight of the pigs in 

 the (litferent lots was approximately the same. The final weights of the 

 hog:s in the ditfereut tests varied from an average of 155 ivounds to 261 

 ponnds. 



Retnrns received for home-grown grains fed in above trials after paying 

 for tankage @ fOO.OO i)er ton and iniddliugs @ |30.00 per ton. Hogs 

 selling a:t from |G.OO to .f 10.00 per cwt. 



No aittempt is made to give the per bnshel value of the grains con- 

 sumed by Lots 1 and 5, as tv\^o or more home-grown grains were used in 

 the rations fed these two Lots. 



In Lots 6 and 7, it was unprofitable to feed middlings at -IfoO.OO per ton 

 Avith barle}^ and tankage or lye and tankage AN^lien hogs sold below |7.00 

 per hundred pounds. 



In Lots 6 and 7 the value of rye is given very liigh with hogs at ijfOiOO 

 and $10.00 per hundred pounds and middlings at .|{5o0.00 per ton owing to 

 the small amount of rye consumed. 



While the free<"hoice method of feeding has been aidvocated for several 

 years, the results of tlie a.bove trials .show that in tlie majority of the 

 trials the pigs failed to properly balance their ration if we accept the 



