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liesulffi of ten ftedhifi cspf>\meni>< niih pigs (1SS4-SD). 



Tlic (•oncliisions diiiwii rr<»m tlu'sc experiments are tlicsiiine as thosi- 

 stated ill the Annual Reixnt of the station for 1889 (see Experiment 

 Station Eeconl, vol. ii, p. .ji78). 



Eh'i'euth fcnliiuj e.rpcrhneni icith pufH (pj). 05-105), — This expt'iiiiiciit 

 Avas marto with tive Yorkshire sows, weifjhiii^i- from ISi to 21 iwrnniK 

 eaeh at the beginniiiji of the trial, and lasted from September KK iss'.t. 

 to March 3, 1800 — 175 days. The pijjs were alH'ed alike. Eaeh animal 

 received daily 5 (|n:nts of skim milk, except dnriiiji" the first 10 days ot 

 the trial, when only 4 (piarts were iiiveii. The jurain added to this milk 

 was as follows: September 10 to .{0. 2 ounces of corn meal per fpiartof 

 milk; October 1 to Xovember ]], onnees of a mixture of 1 ])art by 

 weight of wheat bran and 2 parts of jiluten meal, which was iner»'ased 

 with the increasino- weij^ht of the pig to from 30 to 30 ounces at tlie 

 close of the period, when the pigs weighed from ^o to 05 pounds each: 

 November 12 to December 30 a mixture of 4 parts by weight <»f corn 

 meal and 1 each of wheat bran and gluten meal, of which 32 to 30 ounces 

 j)er pig were given daily at the beginniug of the period, and 42 to 45 

 ounces at the close, at which time the pigs averaged about 130 pounds 

 each; and December 31 to iNFarch 3. a less nitrogenous mixture. c(»m- 

 posed of parts by weight of corn meal, and 1 each of wheat bran and 

 gluten meal, of which abont 48 ounces per day were fed toward the 

 close of the trial. 



The nutritive ratio of the rations was thus, with a Hnc weight of 20 

 to J)(> ]>(muds (September 10 to Xovember 11), 1:3; with a live weight 

 of 00 to 130 pounds (Xovembcr 11 to December 30), 1:3.8; and with a 



