362 SWINE IN AMERICA 



"The amount of meat in the carcasses of the lot fed 

 corn meal and soy bean meal did not appear to be much 

 greater, if any, than that in the carcasses of the lot fed 

 corn meal and wheat middlings. The muscular flesh of 

 the latter, liowever. was of a bright cherry red, with a 

 hne grain, which, together with its firmness and nicely 

 marbled condition, made it a better quality of pork for 

 the block. The flesh of the former lot was pale red. 

 and the fat was not so well mingled with the lean, but 

 seemed to be deposited beneath the skin in a superficial 

 manner. From all that could be judged from viewing 

 the cuts with the naked eye, the ration of corn meal and 

 wheat middlings was superior to that of corn meal and 

 soy bean meal for producing a good quality of pork." 

 EMMER AND SPELTZ 



Emmer, sometimes miscalled spelt or speltz. is a drouth 

 and cold-resisting variety of wheat from Russia, raised 

 to a limited extent for stock food in the Dakotas and 

 other northwestern states. Recorded tests of its value 

 for swine are few. The South Dakota station (Bulletin 

 No. 100) fed different lots of 250-pound hogs 44 days 

 on whole "speltz." ground "speltz." and "speltz" and 

 corn. The feed consumed to make each pound of gain 

 was for the lots as named. 7.71, 8.26 and 5.29 pounds, 

 respectively. The cost per pound of gain in each lot as 

 named was 4.6, 5.5 and 3.5 cents, respectively. It is 

 seen that when the grain was groimd. the consumption 

 was not only greater, but it required .55 of a pound more 

 grain to make a pound of gain. At the same station the 

 gain on hogs following fattening steers fed on "speltz" 

 as their grain ration was small. 



