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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



grade pigs, ATeigliing 904 lbs. and 569 lbs., resi^ectively. The first test 

 Avas divided into 2 periods of 3 Aveeks each. In the first period lot 1 

 was fed skira milk and lot 2 sour inilk with some whey, peas, and mid- 

 dlings in each case. In the second period the rations were reversed. 

 The total gain of both lots on sweet milk was 277 lbs., and on sour 

 milk 269 lbs. 



The second test was divided into 2 periods of 6 weeks each, and the 

 rations fed and the conditions of feeding Avere the same as in the first 

 test. The total gain of both lots on skim milk was 517 lbs., and on 

 sour milk 991 lbs. 



Wet vs. dry feed. — A test Avas made Avith 4 grade Yorkshire pigs, 

 weighing 402 lbs. They Averc fed middlings in the form of slop for 

 6 weeks and gained 323 lbs. During the next 6 Aveeks they were fed 

 dry meal and gained 132 lbs. 



In the author's opinion there is a marked diti'erence in favor of wet 

 meal. "Individual characteristics of the pigs would account to some 

 extent for the difference in results." 



Feeding experiments, 0. C. Georgeson, F. C. Burtis, and D. H. 

 Otis {Kansas Sta. Bid. 61, pp. 1-17-108). — Kafir-corn meal, corn meal, (oid 

 soja-hean meal for piijs (pp. 147-160). — A test Avas made Avith 4 lots of 

 pigs, each consisting of 2 x)ure-bred Berkshires and 1 Poland China, to 

 compare the feeding valne of Kafir-corn meal and corn meal, Avith and 

 without sqjabean meal. Tlie test began JSTovember 7 and lasted 126 

 days. Lot 1 Avas fed red Kafir-coru meal, lot 2 corn meal, lot 3 red 

 Kafir-corn meal and soja-bean meal 2: 1, and lot 4 corn meal and soja- 

 bean meal 2:1. Lots 1 and 3 made very small gains, and after a few 

 weeks shorts was added to the ration in the proportion of 1:2. The 

 pigs were kept in separate pens and fed 3 times daily. They Avere 

 supplied Avith ashes, salt, and some fine soft coal. The feeds were 

 soaked before feeding. The financial statement is based on soja beau 

 meal at $2, shorts at 80 cts., and Kafir-corn meal aiul corn meal at 35 

 cts. per 100 lbs. The food consumed and gains made by each i^ig dur- 

 ing each week of the test are given in tabular form. The results are 

 summarized in the folloAving table: 



ResttUff of piij-feeding experiments. 



Grain 

 con- 

 sumed. 



Pounds. 



Lotl (Kafir-corn meal) 1,187.8 



2, 166. 4 

 1, 476. 7 

 2, 047. 6 



Lot 2 (corn meal) 



Lot 3 (Kafir-corn meal and soja-bean meal) 



Lot 4 (corn meal and soja-bean meal) 



Total 

 gain in 

 weight. 



Pounds. 

 191 

 547 

 o06 

 554 



Daily 



Food con- 



Pounds. 

 0.50 

 1.44 



2. 42 

 4! 39 



Pounds. 

 6.21 

 3.96 

 4.82 

 2.69 



All the lots made the most rajiid gains at the beginning of the test. 

 Better gains were made on a mixture of corn meal and soJa-))ean meal 

 than on Kafir-coru meal and soja bean meal or Kafir-corn meal when 



