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fed tiloue. The Kafir-coru meal was somewhat iuferior t(» corn meal as 

 a fattening- food for pigs. When mixed witli s()ja-l)ean meal very sat- 

 isfactory gains were made. 



Kajir-corn meal and corn meal a.s fatteniug J'ccch for Aberdeen- A tujus 

 heifers (pp. 161-1C8).— A test was made with 3 Aberdeen- Angns heifers 

 to compare the feeding valne of Kafir-corn meal and corn meal. No. 1 

 was fed red Kafir-corn meal and Nos. 15 and ;J corn meal. In each case 

 cut corn fodder was fed in addition. After a time the ration Avas modi- 

 fied, as the gains made were not satisfactory, some linseed meal being- 

 fed with the Kafir-corn meal and corn meal, and alfalfa snbstitnted for 

 the corn fodder. The test began November 0, and lasted 112 days. 

 Heifer No, 1 gained 154 lbs. and tlie average gain of heifers Nos. l* and 3 

 was 190 lbs. In the authors' opinion the larger gain might be expected 

 in the latter case since the heifers were older and larger. 



"While the experiment Avith cattle liere recorded can not Lave great weight, 

 owing to the small number in the test, as well as the age and condition of the ani- 

 mals, it would, as far as it goes, in like manner indicate that red Kafir-corn meal is 

 not qnite equal to corn meal for fattening cattle, though the difference in favor of 

 the corn is less marked than in the case of the hogs. '' 



Pig feeding, C. D. Smith {MichUjan Hta. liul. loS^pp. i7-'>G). — Tests 

 were made to compare the relative gains of pigs before and after wean- 

 ing, and to compare the gains made by pigs and calves when led under 

 similar conditions. 



Gains made by pigs before and after iceaniny (pp. 17-53). — A test was 

 made with 2 lots of pigs. The first consisted of 8 Duroc Jerseys of one 

 litter and the second of 1> Poland-Chinas, also of one litter. Lot 1 was 

 weaned on May 18 when 59 days old and lot 2 on May 25 when 49 days 

 old. Before weaning the sows and pigs were fed skim milk and a mix- 

 ture of corn meal and middlings, 1:2; and after weaning the same 

 ration was continued for the pigs. The weaning- was done gradually. 

 The financial statement is based on corn meal at 45 cts., middlings at 

 50 cts., and skim milk at 20 cts. per 100 lbs. The food consumed and 

 the weekly gains of each pig* are recorded. During the whole test lot 

 1 gained 836.5 lbs. and lot 2 748.25 lbs. 



During the last 4 weeks before weaning the pigs consumed on an 

 average 2.80 lbs. of dry matter per pound of gain, the cost of a pound 

 of gain being 3.15 cts.; during the 4 weeks immediately after weaning 

 the average was 2.35 lbs. of dry matter consumed per pound of gain, 

 the cost being 2.55 cts. per pound; and during the last 4 weeks of the 

 test the average was 3.29 lbs. of dry matter consumed per pound of 

 gain, and the cost 2.G9 cts. per pound. 



"Both sows lost heavily in weight during the 1 weeks immedialoly preceding the 

 weaning of the pigs. The Duroc-Jersey lost 11.5 lbs. and the Poland China 25 lbs. 

 This extra shrinkage on the part of the latter sow very largely acc<niuts for the 

 increased cost of production of the gains in the 1 weeks preceding weaning. . . . 



"Taking all these facts into (•ou8i<lcration, the rcBults of the test warrant the con- 

 clusion that it costs but little more to make growth on pigs before weaning than 

 afterwards." 



