716 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



(wheat) made a total gain of 191 lbs. and consumed 510 lbs. of food 

 per 100 lbs. of gum-, and lot 2 (wheat and corn) gained 197 lbs. and 

 consumed 502 lbs. of food per 100 lbs. of gain. 



The second test was a duplicate of the first. Lot 1 made a total gain 

 of 210 lbs. and consumed 502 lbs. of wheat per 100 lbs. of gain; lot 2 

 gained 216 lbs., and consumed 488 lbs. of corn meal and wheat per 100 

 lbs. of gain. 



The third test, lasting 03 days, was with 6 Berkshire and 3 Poland 

 China pigs about 9 weeks old at the beginning of the trial, and divided 

 into 3 equal lots. Lot 1 Avas fed ground wheat; lot 2, corn meal and 

 ground wheat, in equal parts; and lot 3, corn meal. I^ot 1 gained 231 

 lbs. and consumed 522 lbs. of food per 100 lbs. of gain; lot 2 gained 

 250 lbs. and consumed 491 lbs. of food per 100 lbs. of gain; and lot 3 

 gained 243 lbs. and consumed 499 lbs. of food per 100 lbs. of gain. 



The fourth trial was with 18 pure-bred Berkshire pigs divided into 3 

 equal lots, and lasted 18 weeks. The pigs had been on i)asture during 

 the summer and received a little corn each morning in addition. Lot 

 1 was fed ground wheat, lot 2 corn meal, and lot 3 wheat and corn meal 

 in equal i^arts. The grain was mixed into a slop with water. Lot 1 

 gained 1,303 lbs, and consumed 465 lbs. of food per 100 lbs. of gain; 

 lot 2 gained 1,213 lbs. and consumed 496 lbs. of food per 100 lbs. of 

 gain; and lot 3 gained 1,323 lbs. and consumed 400 lbs. of food per 100 

 lbs. of gain. 



The author summarizes the results of feeding various grains to pigs 

 at the station and other stations in the United States and Canada, 

 and concludes that corn meal and ground wheat "are practically equal 

 to one another in the production of pork, about 500 lbs. of either being 

 required to produce 100 lbs. of gain in live weight with hogs. When 

 a mixture of the two, equal parts, is fed there is a slight saving, 

 amounting to about 3 per cent by use of the mixture over either grain 

 fed sei)arately." 



"Whole wheat can not be fed dry to hogs successfully. Wheat when soaked is 

 very rarely satisfactory, mnch of the grain passing through the animal and appear- 

 ing unbroken in the droppings. To secure the best results wheat should be ground 

 and fed moistened with water or milk. Better yet, as our experiments show, it 

 should be mixed with some other grain. In the West this will usually be corn meal. 

 For pigs and shoats wheat is undoubtedly superior to corn, because it contains 

 more muscle and bone-building components. 



"In consideriug whether to feed wheat or sell it, the farmer should remember 

 that each load of wheat sold from the farm carries off a very conshlerable amount 

 of fertility, which may be largely saved by feeding." 



The value of creamery separator skim milk for swine feeding, 

 W. A. Henry ( Wisconsin 8ta. Rpt. 1895, j^p. 7-2:;).— Eh^ht feeding 

 trials are reported in which skim milk from the university creamery 

 was fed in varying amounts with corn meal or corn meal and shorts. 

 In several instances, for purposes of comparison, corn meal mixed 

 with water to a slop was also fed. In all the feeding trials the test 



