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SWINE IN AMERICA 



RESULTS WITH RATION OF CORN MEAL AND PACK 

 HOUSE TANKAGE 



ING 



Market prices of feeding stuffs used in these experi- 

 ments were $22 a ton for corn meal and $25 to ^^2 a 

 ton for tankage. 



From experiments in fattening on corn and tankage at 

 the Nebraska experiment station in 1905 and 1906 (Bul- 

 •letin No. 94) the following conclusions are drawn: 



"A notable advantage in the feeding of tankage is 

 seen in the more rapid gains made by the hogs and the 

 consequent shortening of the feeding period. Another 

 argument for tankage is that it is a concentrated protein 

 food. Only a small amount is required to produce the 

 result desired. In all the experiments made at this sta- 

 tion the hogs fed tankage consumed more feed, made 

 larger gains, and were not easily put 'off feed,' while 

 the hogs fed on straight shelled corn were easily thrown 

 off their feed after the first six weeks, consumed less feed 



