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All experiment to test tlie value of mixed rations, of middlings for 

 larger pigs, and of corn meal in eoniparison with corn on tlie cob and 

 with barley meal was begun in February, ISDo, and lasted 4 weeks. 

 Seven lots of pigs were used. Lot 2 was fed corn on the cob, and lot 

 5 barley meal; the other lots were fed corn meal with barlej'' meal, lin- 

 seed meal, and middlings alone or in combination. 



The results are shown in the following table: 



Eemilts of puj-fteding experiment. 



Lot 1 (corn meal) 



Lot 2 (corn on the cob) 



Lot 3 (corn meal and middlings, equal parts) 



Lot i (corn meal) 



Lot 5 (barley meal) 



Lot 6 (corn meal, barley meal, and middling.s. equal parts) . 

 Lot 7 (corn meal, linseed meal, and middlings, equal parts). 



I Average | p • . i Dry mat- 

 Food con- weight at "'""'" ter eaten 

 sumed. I begin- '•„,,, per 1 lb. 



t ning. weigi"' 



gain. 



The pigs were sold at $3.80 per 100 lbs., yielding a profit of from 

 $10.98 to $13.05 per lot. The following conclusions were reached: 



(1) The larger pigs did not make as economical gains as the smaller 

 ones. 



(2) Larger and more economical gains were made on corn meal than 

 on corn on the cob. 



(3) Barley was not as valuable as corn for fattening pigs. 



A test was begun August 23, 1895, and lasted 8 weeks. The value 

 of soaked wheat and ground wheat was tested with 2 lots of 5 crossbred 

 Duroc-Jersey-Essex pigs. Lot 1 was fed whole wheat soaked, and lot 



2 wheat meal. Both lots were fed skim milk in addition. The whole 

 wheat was at first fed in a trough, but as it was not properly masti- 

 cated, later on it was scattered on the floor of the pen and the pigs were 

 compelled to eat it more slowly. Lot 1 consumed 1,410 lbs. of skim 

 milk and 1,043 lbs. of whole wheat, and lot 2 consumed the same quan- 

 tity of skim milk and 1,025 lbs. of wheat meal. Lot 1 gained 344 lbs. 

 and lot 2,370 lbs. 



The pigs were sold for $3.80 per 100 lbs. If skim milk is reckoned 

 at 27 cts. per 100 lbs., the wheat would be worth 60 cts. per bushel; if 

 skim milk is reckoned at 20 cts. per 100 lbs., the wheat would be worth 

 65 cts. per bushel. 



Feeding of s-wine, J. W. Robertson (CVr/m<?rt ExptJ. Furms RpU 

 189.5, 2>P- 191-196, fill. 1). — The author (piotes from previous work (E. S. 

 E., 7, p. 608) and reports additional experiments with pigs to determine 

 the effect on the (juality of flesh of feeding wheat and buckwheat. 

 Eight crossbred Tamworth and Poland-China pigs were divided into 



3 lots of 3, 3, and 2 animals, respectively, and 8 crossbred Essex and 



