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Feeds and Feeding. 



estates, in which Indian corn was compared with barley or rye. 

 The grains were fed against one another in equal quantities by 

 weight, with results given below: 



Trials with barley or rye fed in opposition to Indian corn Copen- 

 hagen Station. 



The gain made on corn was slightly higher than that made on 

 either barley (857) or rye, and about equal to that made on a 

 mixture of the two. The slaughter tests show that the shrinkage 

 was practically the same for the three lots. Corn made the softest 

 pork, and also gave the largest number of carcasses in the fourth, 

 or lowest, grade. 



The experiments were continued during 1892-93. l Since the 

 quality of the pork seemed inferior when corn was fed through- 

 out the fattening period, experiments were made in which corn 

 was fed until the pigs of the different lots weighed 120, 140, or 

 160 pounds, after which barley was fed for grain until the close 

 of the fattening period. (919) For comparison, one lot was fed 

 barley and another corn exclusively, in each trial. Dairy refuse 

 was given in addition in all cases. The grains were substituted, 

 pound for pound, for one another in the rations fed the different 

 lots. Results are available from five series of experiments with 

 115 pigs in all, the trials lasting from 100 to 140 days. It was 

 found that the lots fed corn all the time made somewhat heavier 



Kept. 1895. 



