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eacli pig in the beginning was about 60 pounds. The 

 average daily gain and feed per pound of gain was as 

 follows : 



In summarizing results, the report on this said : "There 

 was no material difference in the appearance of the pigs 

 in either lot, so far as quality is concerned, and so far 

 as this one experiment goes the use of about twice 

 the amount of water to grain indicated a satisfactory pro- 

 portion. In view of the fact that the pigs fed dry grain 

 made slightly the best gains, it would appear that there 

 is really no gain in feeding the pigs a slop instead of a 

 dry grain, excepting as the feeder may regard it a matter 

 of convenience." 



DANGER IN HOTEL AND KITCHEN SWILL 



If refuse from the kitchens of hotels, restaurants, and 

 such places is available, the hog raiser who desires to 

 utilize this as a feed should remember that it is of value 

 only when care is taken that it contains no material which 

 will unfavorably affect his hogs. Broken dishes or glass 

 and other dangerous substances are frequently thrown 

 in with kitchen scraps and if the dishwater is not kept 

 separate, the washing powders and cheap soaps so often 

 used in it are likely to have harmful effects. These are 



