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the mess of about the same consistency as at first. At 

 tlie noon hour, water and middhngs alone may be addetl, 

 unless you have plenty of milk. Regularity in feeding 

 hours and in quality and quantity of feed should he Dis- 

 served. 



"I have no hesitancy in saying that the skim milk used 

 in this mixture will return to the feeder 40 cents for 

 every 100 pounds of skim milk or buttermilk used, more 

 than the other ingredients would without it." 



DAIRY BY-PRODUCTS AND CARBONACEOUS FEEDS 



A steady routine of carbonaceous feeding stuffs pro- 

 duces listless, unthrifty pigs. When skim milk or 

 buttermilk is at hand a means of offering variety is 

 afforded wliich will give the pigs a better appetite and 

 induce them to eat more fat-making food than would 

 otherwise be the case. If skim milk is available to form 

 a ration with corn meal, either with or without other 

 feeds, it will make a N-aluable and economical addition. 

 This has been confirmed by numerous tests at the agricul- 

 tural colleg-e experiment stations, some of which have ex- 

 tended through a number of years. 



The relation between corn meal and skim milk in ra- 

 tions with and without the addition of wheat middlings 

 was brought out in experiments at the Cornell station 

 (Bulletin No. 199), covering a period of four years. The 

 amount of feed required for 100 pounds of gain was as 

 follows : 



