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which barley meal was fed in opposition to corn meal. In the 

 first trial there were five pigs in each lot, and in the second six. 

 The results are summarized below: 



Feeding barley meal and corn meal to pigs Wisconsin Station. 



Barley meal and milk vs. corn meal and milk. 



By the first table we learn that 



471 pounds of barley meal produced 100 pounds of gain. 

 435 pounds of corn meal produced 100 pounds of gain. 



This shows a difference of thirty-six pounds in favor of corn 

 meal. In the second trial there is a difference of twenty-four 

 pounds of meal and twenty-seven pounds of skim milk. Averaging 

 both trials we find that it required eight per cent, more barley 

 meal than corn meal to produce a given gain. These results co- 

 incide with Fjord's experiments in showing that barley is some- 

 what less valuable than corn for fattening swine, though the dif- 

 ference is not large. (178, 894) When we take into account the 

 fact that barley has been found by the Danes to be the best single 

 grain for the production of bacon of the highest quality, its value 

 in swine feeding is apparent. 



It is interesting to note in the second trial that the barley-fed 

 pigs drank about twice as much water as those getting corn meal. 



