214 SWINE IN AMERICA 



by Lot 12, 590 pounds of barley. The cost of 100 

 pounds gain was, in Lot 9, $2.94; in Lot 11, $3.86; and 

 in Lot 12, $3.68. 



Corn gave almost twice the daily profit per pig that 

 enimer or barley gave. The price received per bushel of 

 grain was 65 cents for corn, 35 cents for emmer, and 

 44 cents for barley. One bushel of corn was equal to 

 1.83 bushels of emmer or 1.45 bushels of barley. One 

 bushel of barley was equal to 1.26 bushels of emmei. 

 This would indicate that when corn is worth 35 cents 

 per bushel, barley is worth 24 cents per bushel of 48 

 pounds, and emmer 19 cents per bushel of 40 pounds for 

 fattening hogs, where each grain is fed alone and alfalfa 

 hay supplied. The price per 100 pounds should also be 

 observed in the table, since the difference in weight per 

 bushel may deceive the reader as to the relative values 

 per 100 pounds of these different grains. In these 

 figures 40 pounds of emmer and 48 pounds of barley to 

 the bushel are used. 



Experiment No. 11. — This was a test of corn versus 

 equal parts corn and emmer and equal parts corn and 

 barley for fattening pigs. Three lots of 12 pigs each 

 Avere fed from February 3 to March 17, 1906. The 

 average weight at the beginning was about 150 pounds. 

 All grain was ground and fed wet. 



Lot 13 was fed corn. 



Lot 15 was fed 50 per cent corn and 50 per cent 

 emmer. 



Lot 16 was fed 50 per cent corn and 50 per cent 

 barley. 



