546 Feeds and Feeding. 



Those given are selected because they are strictly representative, 

 covering a wide range of country, feeds and conditions. 



At the Kansas Agricultural College, l Shelton fed one lot of five 

 pigs cooked shelled corn, while a second lot of four, similar in 

 all respects, was given uncooked shelled corn, the trial lasting 

 ninety days. In cooking, the corn was placed in a barrel and 

 water poured over it. Into this mass a pipe carried steam at a 

 pressure ranging from 30 to 60 pounds. The kernels were cooked 

 until they were sufficiently soft to be easily mashed between the 

 thumb and finger. 



At the Iowa Agricultural College, 2 Stalker conducted trials for 

 120 days in summer with cooked and uncooked shelled corn fed 

 to Berkshire pigs. 



At the Dominion (Canada) Station, 3 Eobertson fed grade 

 Chester Whites a mixture of ground peas, barley and rye, the trials 

 beginning in December and lasting 141 days. 



At the Ohio Station, 4 Devol fed pure-bred Poland -Chinas and 

 Berkshires for 112 days in winter. One lot of three pigs received 

 the meal cooked, while to the second lot it was given dry and un- 

 cooked. 



At the Wisconsin Station, 5 the writer has conducted many 

 trials with cooked and uncooked feed for pigs. Only the later 

 ones are here reported. These trials lasted from 56 to 84 days 

 each, the kinds of feed experimented with being given in the 

 table. 



The five trials reported from the Wisconsin Station, as will be 

 seen by consulting the table, are slightly in favor of cooked feed, the 

 difference being very small, however. These are the only feed- 

 ing trials reported from any Experiment Station, so far as known 

 to the writer, where the results are favorable to cooking. Ten 

 other trials by the writer with cooked and uncooked feed for swine 

 all gave results unfavorable to cooking. These and a number of 

 trials at other Stations with cooked and uncooked feed for swine 

 are not here included for lack of space. With this explanation 



illept. Prof. Agr., 1885. 



2 Coburn, Swine Husbandry, p. 134. 



8 Ottawa, Kept, 1891. 



* Kept. 1887. B Repts. 1886-87-94. 



