282 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



Lot 6. Corn and Skim Milk — 6 Pigs. 



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Weight at beginning of experiment 287 pounds. 



Weight at close of experiment 1,269 pounds. 

 Total gain 981 pounds. 

 Average daily gain per pig 1.81 pounds. 

 Grain required per pound of gain 2.44 pounds. 

 Cost Per Hundred Pounds of Gain — Corn at 40c a bushel, skim milk at 15c per hun- 

 dred— $2.84. 



It will be noted that the cost per hundred pounds of gain of the 

 lots fed in dififerent wavs was as follows : 



Corn and bluegrass I $3 92 



Corn and rape j 3 49 



Corn and clover j 3 20 



Corn and alfalfa 1 2 96 



Corn and skim milk [ 2 84 



These results therefore emphasize strongly what has already been 

 said with reference to the value of balancing the corn ration. Tlie three 

 balancing foods used in this experiment were clover, alfalfa and skim 

 milk, and it will be noted that in every case not only cheaper gains were 

 made with these materials combined with corn, but that the hogs made 

 more rapid gains. 



In this experiment by using clover instead of bluegrass, a difference 

 of almost 75c a hundred in the cost of gain was effected. When alfalfa 

 was used instead of bluegrass, a saving in the cost of pork was almost a 

 dollar a hundred or was made almost one-third cheaper. When skim 

 milk was used, more than a dollar a hundred in the cost of production 

 was saved. When we consider that clover will yield more than bluegrass, 

 it is perfectly obvious that we can make much more pork per acre by 



