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TABLE SHOWING RESULTS IX I'ORK PRODUCTION FROM 

 FEEDING BARLEY TO TWO BERKSHIRE PIGS 



Amount 

 of barley 

 consumed 



each 

 month by 

 two swine. 



Gain 



in pounds 



of pork 



each 



month. 



Return 



per 



bushel 



of barley 



fed. 



Pounds 

 of barley 

 consumed 



for one 

 pound 



of pork. 



^yci«ht 

 of swine 

 at the 

 end of 

 month. 



First month. . 

 Second month 

 Third month., 

 Fourth month 



Poimds. 

 288 

 335 

 370 

 341 



Pounds. 

 83 

 71 

 65 

 62 



Cents. 

 69 

 50 

 42 

 43 



Lbs. oz. 

 3 7 



5 11 

 5 8 



Pounds. 

 200 

 271 

 336 

 398 



In Bulletin No. 129 of the Ontario agricultural col- 

 lege, entitled, "Bacon Production," similar conclusions 

 are reached : "Barley is a noted hog food in Europe, but 

 some feeders in this country do not look upon it with 

 fa\or. W^e have secured excellent results from barley, 

 however, both in the amount of gain and the quality 

 of bacon. For young pigs it should be mixed with wheat 

 middlings, a very little barley being used at first, and the 

 quantity gradually increased. For older pigs, peas or 

 wheat may be added. Some succulent food, such as roots 

 or green food, should always be fed with it, and skim 

 milk makes a great improvement. It is not generally re- 

 garded with favor as a food for breeding sows." 



Barley will generally yield the most satisfactory gains 

 when used as a portion of the ration. Used with roots 

 it tends to overcome their laxative efifect, and excellent 

 results have been derived from this combination. Barley 

 usually flourishes where alfalfa is found in abundance, 

 and these two should combine admirably with other good 

 feeds easily raised In the same locality for making first- 

 class pork. Prof. H. M. Cottrell of the Colorado agri- 



