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dlings, peas and skim milk, articles rich in protein, were fed in 

 opposition to corn meal, which was used because it is the com- 

 mon pig feed of the country and is the richest in carbohydrates 

 of its class. 



The same subject was investigated at the Kansas Station 1 by 

 Shelton, who fed pigs a mixture of shorts and bran in opposition 

 to corn meal, potatoes and tallow. 



At the Alabama Station, 2 Duggar fed cowpeas, which are rich 

 in protein, in opposition to corn meal. (863) 



In France, Fortier, 3 likewise recognizing the importance of 

 this work, duplicated in one instance a trial by the writer, feed- 

 ing dried blood, skim milk and middlings in opposition to corn 

 meal only, to ascertain if parallel results could be obtained in 

 his country. Thus we have the results of feeding pigs rations 

 rich in protein and poor in protein at five widely-separated points. 



The results of these several trials are condensed in the following 

 comprehensive tables: 



Bui. 9. 

 2 Bui. 82. 



xt. Trav. Soc. Cent. d'Agr., Dept. Seine-Inf., 1889, 1890. 



