276 SWINE IN AMERICA 



Cost for 100 

 Lot Ration pounds gain. 



1 Corn meal, 3 parts; linseed-oil meal, 1 part $2.75 



2 Corn meal, 20 parts; linseed-oil meal, 1 part 2.85 



3 Corn meal, 2 parts; wheat middlings, 1 part 2.88 



4 Corn meal, 4 parts; wheat middlings, 1 part 3.03 



5 Corn meal, 2 parts; ground oats, 1 part. . 4.28 



6 Corn meal, 4 parts; ground oats, 1 part. . ". 4.06 



7 Corn meal, 4 parts; wheat bran, 1 part 3.14 



8 Corn-and-cob-meal 4.81 



9 Corn meal 3.53 



10 Soaked, whole shelled corn 3.10 



11 Shelled com and bone meal 3.55 



12 Shelled corn 3.71 



19 Com meal, 5 parts, and one-half part each of linseed- 

 oil meal and gluten feed 2.87 



Other experiments have shown that better results were 

 obtained by soaking corn-and-cob meal 12 hours before 

 feeding than by feeding it dry. It is difficult to finish on 

 corn-and-cob meal because it lacks the quality for keep- 

 ing the appetite to an edge which will demand enough 

 grain for fattening. When hogs begin to tire of corn- 

 and-cob meal it is time to change to whole corn, straight 

 corn meal, or such other feed or combination of feeds 

 as are both palatable and fattening. 



FROSTED AND SOFT CORN 



Untimely severe frosts sometimes damage the corn 

 crop so that its marketable value is considerably lowered, 

 but in this event, as in other cases, the hog comes to the 

 rescue. Soft corn is considered excellent for swine, and 

 especially for the young; in fact, many breeders believe 

 they can obtain better gains from soft corn than with 

 the sound, hard grain. In soft corn the maturing of the 

 grain has been checked, thereby arresting the develop- 

 ment of the starch content or fat-producing element. 

 \\1icn used it is advisable to add, for finishing, some 

 corn that is Avell matured. Immature com that is frozen 



