568 EXPERIMENT STATION RECOED. 



have a low market value. The wheat fed in this feeding experiment had no 

 market value at all except for feed, but about 75c per bushel was realized by 

 feeding to steers." 



The feeding stuffs used were analyzed. 



Concerning' the use of homogenized milk for pig' and calf feeding, G. 

 WiLSDORF (Deiil. LatuUc. Pressc, 3'f (1907). \o. .'I'l. pp. 363, 364). — Data sum- 

 marized regarding the results obtained when homogenized milk was fed to pigs 

 and calves indicate, in the writer's opinion, that milk so treated is of decided 

 value as a feeding stuff. 



Bation experiments with, swine, G. E. Morton {Wyoming Sta. Bui. 7'/-, pp. 

 J 8, figs. 3). — The increased local interest In pig breeding led the author to test 

 a number of X'atious to determine whether other grains may replace corn, and 

 to study the value of alfalfa and the quantity in which it should be fed. 



When corn and shorts 2 : 1, bald barley, and wheat were compared for 11 

 weeks the gains per head were, respectively, .57.5, 36.S, and 50.8' lbs., and the 

 feed eaten per pound of gain 6.35, 8.37, and 6.09 lbs. These are also the 

 figures for the cost of a pound of gain, as all the grains were rated at a cent 

 a pound. 



When wheat meal and corn meal were compared the average gain in 11 

 weeks was 114 and 76.3 lbs. per head, and the cost of a pound of gain 4.49 

 and 4.98 cts. 



When young sows were fed wheat meal and alfalfa hay with and without 

 turnips for 16 weeks the average gains per head were 105.5 lbs. without turnips 

 and 103.5 lbs. with turnips, and the cost of a pound of gain 4.36 and 4.70 cts. 



Wheat meal and alfalfa hay, according to the author, is a cheaper ration 

 than either corn alone or wheat alone, and such a ration produces about the 

 same amount of gain as corn. " Wheat produces much greater gains than 

 alfalfa hay and wheat, and while it is somewhat more costly than the latter 

 ration, the additional thrift and the saving in labor tends to offset this." 



When corn meal and shorts 1 : 2, corn meal and alfalfa hay 1 : 2 with and 

 without swill, and wheat meal and alfalfa hay 1 : 2 with swill were compared 

 with pigs weighing 60 to 90 lbs., gains of 20.3 and 3.0 lbs. per head were noted, 

 respectively, with the corn meal and shorts and the corn meal and alfalfa hay 

 rations, and losses of 1 lb. per head in both the rations with swill. This test, 

 in the author's opinion, shows that alfalfa-hay rations are " wholly unsuited 

 for young shoats." 



A ration of corn meal, shorts, alfalfa hay, and turnips fed to sows for 7 

 weeks i-esulted in an average gain of 71 lbs. per head, at a cost of 3.11 cts. per 

 Itound, and this ration, according to the author, proved satisfactory, " showing 

 sufficient gain in mature sows to indicate thrift." 



When a sow weighing 341 lbs. was wintered on alfalfa hay and beets without 

 grain a loss of 6 lbs. was noted. 



The author discusses the general subject of growing and feeding pigs and 

 gives an illustration of a covered box divided into compartments and having 

 round holes on the side for use in feeding alfalfa hay to pigs. 



Corn and various amendments as food for hogs, A. M. Soule, J. II. Fain, 

 and M. P. Jaenagin {Virginia Sta. Bui. 161, pp. 235-257, figs. 5). — As it is 

 generally conceded that dry feed alone, especially corn, is not the most satis- 

 factory feed for pigs, 5 series of tests were made in which the value of vari- 

 ous supplementary feeds was studied in comi)arison with corn meal alone. 

 The supplementary feeds included middlings in different proportions, skim 

 milk, linseed meal, red dog flour and different proportions of animal meal. The 

 pigs were from 4 to 9 months old and the individual tests covered from 44 to 

 100 days. 



