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Feeds and Feeding. 



the corresponding grain-fed lots. When fed in connection with 

 whey, the quality of the pork compared favorably with that pro- 

 duced from barley or rye. There is no evidence that peanut or 

 palm- nut cake injured the quality of the pork when fed with 

 either skim milk or whey. These points are shown in the fol- 

 lowing table, which summarizes the results obtained at slaugh- 

 tering time with some of the pigs fed in the trials reported in the 

 preceding article: 



Average data at slaughtering time toith pigs fed various forms of 

 oil cake — Copenhagen Station. 



Feed. 



Sunflower-seed cake. 

 Skim /Grain , 



milk. \ Grain and oil cake.. 



^^®y- { Grain and'oiicake. 



Peanut cake. 



Skim (Grain 



milk. \ Grain and oil cake. 



Whey. {Grain'andoiic'ake.'. 



Hemp-seed cake. 



Skim r Grain 



milk. \ Grain and oil cake.. 



Whev /G^rain 



^' \ Grain and oil cake.. 



Palm-nut cake. 



Skim (Grain... 



milk. \ Grain and oil cake.. 



Whev /^J'^i'^ 



^' \ Grain and oil cake.. 



Av. 

 live 

 wt. 



Lbs. 



161 

 161 

 163 



160 

 162 

 156 

 156 



184 



178 

 159 

 162 



185 



178 

 167 

 174 



Shrink 

 age. 



Per ct. 



24.4 

 25.3 



26.4 

 26.5 



24.7 

 23.5 

 24.8 

 24.9 



28.3 



28.9 

 27.5 

 29.2 



28.1 

 29.6 

 29.4 

 29.4 



Av. 



thick- 

 ness of 

 pork. 



Inches, 



1.3 

 1.3 

 1.5 

 1.4 



1.4 

 1.3 

 1.6 

 1.4 



1.6 

 1.4 

 1.5 

 1.4 



1.5 



1.6 

 1.5 

 1.6 



No. of pig8 

 in class. 



15 



10 



12 



In experiments! conducted in the years 1891-94, the same 

 kinds of oil cake used in the preceding trials were compared with 

 barley, but the ratio of barley to oil cake in these trials, instead 

 of being 1 to 1, as in the first trials, was lto2or2tol. Inall 

 the series one lot of pigs was fed barley alone, for the sake of com- 

 parison. A small quantity of buttermilk and skim milk was also 



• Rept. 30, 1895. 



