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The similarity of tho results of these two experiments indicate 

 that they are reliable in showing that the smaller amounts of grain 

 make cheaper gains, but that the heavier amounts of grain show faster 

 gains, and are therefore getting the pigs fatter and nearer ready for 

 market, because the light ration does little more than keep up a good 

 growth without fattening, while the heavier ration lays on a good 

 proportion of fat. 



Time Beqwired to Finish These Light' and Heavy Fed Hogs. — The 

 relative time to finish hogs that have been fed light and heavy rations, 

 such as have just been discussed, is shown by a trial made at the 

 Nebraska Experiment Station,! where 90 pigs, weighing 42.4 pounds 

 each, were divided into three lots of 30 hogs each and pastured from 

 June 23 to October 20 (119 days), on alfalfa pasture and fed dry 

 shelled corn as follows : 



Lot 1 — 1 pound corn daily per 100 pounds live weight. 



Lot 2 — 2 pounds corn daily per 100 pounds live weight. 



Lot 3 — 314 pounds corn daily per 100 pounds live weight. 



A summary of the first 119 days on pasture with a limited grain 

 ration is as follows : 



The results are so nearly a repetition for the two other trials 

 given on this subject, that comment is unnecessary except to note the 

 comparative cheapness of gain of the light fed lot and the com- 

 paratively rapid gains of the heaviest fed lot. 



After the first 119 days on pasture with the above limited grain 

 rations, they were full fed in a dry lot on a ration of I/2 corn, I/2 rye,, 

 soaked, and alfalfa hay until ready for market, each lot being dis- 

 posed of as soon as finished. The finishing period beginning Novem- 

 ber 10th, and lasting until each lot of hogs was finished, gave the 

 following results : 



* Nebraska Bui. 99. 



