GRAINS AND GROUND FEEDS 35 1 



territory, when low enough in price, barley is an ex- 

 tremely desirable additional feed. In the amount of pork 

 it yields, corn is superior to barley, experiments by Pro- 

 fessor Henry showing that barley is about 8 per cent less 

 valuable than corn, measuring by pork produced and not 

 considering cost. While not equal to corn, barley fur- 

 nishes more protein and ash, making- an excellent feed 

 for building up the pig's structure. As a matter of fact, 

 barley is of such importance in some parts of America 

 that it should command from pork makers considerable 

 more attention than it receives. It has not been relied 

 upon to a great extent in America as the principal part 

 of a hog-growing or fattening food, but the practice of 

 Danish farmers and the results of experiments can very 

 well be studied with profit by American farmers. The 

 Danish bacon, which figures so prominently in the Eng- 

 lish markets, is produced mainly with barley and dairy 

 by-products. In experiments to determine the nature and 

 causes of "soft" bacon, it has been found that the best 

 bacon was produced by a ration in which barley was at 

 least one-third of the whole. 



The grains of barley are so hard that, preferably, it 

 should be ground or rolled, to aid digestion and save 

 waste, and the ground feed should be soaked or made 

 into slop. Swine require more water when fed on barley 

 than on corn or corn meal, and they should not be neg- 

 lected in this regard. Cooking seems to lessen rather 

 than increase the feeding value of barley. 



Numerous experiments have been made in Canada in 

 feeding barfey to hogs, particularly from the standpoint 

 of bacon production. The following paragraph fron: 



