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494.7 pounds for the shorts and corn lots, 409.9 pounds for 

 the meat meal and corn lot, and 460.4 pounds for the tankage 

 and corn lot. 



5. Among the conclusions drawn from the experiment, the 

 following statements occur: 



" Meat meal and tankage of similar chemical composition 

 are almost equal, pound for pound, as a supplement to a 

 corn ration for growing pigs and fattening hogs." 



" Hogs fed on rations composed of corn and meat meal, 

 and corn and tankage, Avere fully as acceptable to the buyers, 

 both from the stand-point of the quality and condition of the 

 flesh, as those fed on any other rations used.' 7 



" Both meat meal and tankage are more valuable adjuncts 

 to the corn ration for dry lot feeding than when pigs or hogs 

 are being developed and fattened on pasture, especially if the 

 pasture be composed of leguminous crops." 



" A ration of one-half corn and one-half shorts produced 

 greater gains with less feed per 100 pounds of gain, both on 

 pasture and dry lot feeding, than a ration of two-thirds corn 

 and one-third shorts." 



Skim-Milk. From a test with skim-milk, tankage, linseed 

 meal, soy-bean meal, and wheat middlings as supplements to 

 corn meal, conducted at the Indiana Experiment Station, the 

 following conclusions are drawn: 



" Skim-milk, tankage, linseed meal, soy-bean meal, and 

 middlings proved to be very efficient supplements to corn 

 meal." 



" Hogs fed on corn meal and skim-milk consumed more 

 feed, made a greater increase in live weight with a smaller 

 amount of feed and dry matter, and at less expense than 

 similar lots fed on corn meal supplemented by tankage, linseed 

 meal, soy-bean meal, or middlings." 



