Danish Pig-feeding Experiments. 



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the results obtained for the two sexes as regards either gain, 

 shrinkage, or quality of carcass. 



Comparative fattening qualities of barrows and sows — Copenlmgen 

 Station. 



909. Breed tests. — Four essentially pure breeds of swine, ^ in- 

 cluding 120 animals in all, were compared, the trials lasting 148 

 to 168 days each, with the following average daily gains: 

 Results of breed tests — Copenhagen Station. 



The animals of the native breeds made the poorest gain, and 

 the Vendsyssel and Tam worth the best, but the differences were 

 small. Neither did the data obtained at slaughtering time show 

 any appreciable difference between the breeds as to value of car- 

 cass, except that the Poland- China breed proved superior to the 

 native, on account of the greater hardness of the pork. (835) 



Rept 15, 1889. 



