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growth. Rice polish, however, is a good pig feed 

 and in effectiveness is somewhat superior to corn. 

 It appears that seventy-eight pounds of rice polish 

 are equal to one hundred pounds of corn meal. 



Wheat is everywhere known as a good feed for 

 pigs. Naturally, in the corn belt wheat is looked 

 upon as rather too expensive for this purpose, but 

 is used as a supplemental feed to balance the corn 

 ration. In the western wheat country this grain is 

 used rather more extensively and has oeen found to 

 give good results. The effectiveness of wheat in 

 making pork is considerably increased by grinding 

 or soaking. It may also be combined with pea meal. 

 Frosted wheat is almost or quite as good as first 

 quality wheat and, of course, is a much more econom- 

 ic food. In Oregon it has been found that four 

 and one-half pounds of wheat will produce one 

 pound of pork. The effectiveness of wheat is 

 much geater in the first part of the feeding period 

 than in the last part. Shrunken wheat, such as is 

 usually found in wheat screenings, or as the result 

 of rust is usually fed to hogs. A comparison of 

 plump and shrunken wheat showed that sixty-three 

 cents was realized from a bushel of fifty-seven- 

 pounds wheat and fifty-seven cents from a bushel 

 of shrunken wheat weighing forty-four pounds. 

 No hesitation, therefore, should be had in feeding 

 shrunken wheat rations when properly balanced 

 with corn or other carbonaceous materials. In 

 Washington wheat showed itself to be the best food 

 for long continued feeding to pigs. They main- 

 tained a more uniform -increase on wheat than on 

 any other grain food. Apparently the addition 

 of peas or oats did not increase the effectiveness 

 of the ration. A combination of wheat and bar- 

 ley was a somewhat less economic food than wheat 



