166 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



The South Dakota Station found barley and corn prac- 

 tically equal as pork producers, it requiring 453 pounds of 

 corn and 457 pounds of barley, respectively, for 100 pounds 

 of gain. 



Colorado and Ontario experiments were in favor of barley 

 as compared with corn. 



The first Wisconsin trial gave the most marked results in 

 favor of corn, and it is worthy of note that the hogs in this 

 trial averaged over 200 pounds in weight at the commence- 

 ment of the trial. Where younger hogs were used, barley 

 made a better showing as compared with corn. There is little 

 doubt that, considered as a fat former, corn is 'superior to 

 barley, and hence well-grown pigs would be able to stand ex- 

 clusive corn feeding much better than younger pigs. The 

 writer's experience would lead him to prefer barley to corn 

 as a meal ration for growing pigs, and this view is borne out 

 by the experiments noted. The extensive use made of barley 

 for ! swine feeding in Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, and 

 other countries, is strong evidence of its value. 



One disadvantage of barley is the fact that it is not eaten 

 so readily by pigs as one might wish, and should be mixed 

 with some other feed to increase its palatability. Barley is 

 well adapted to mixing with corn as a ration for almost any 

 class of pigs. 



Wheat. Wheat has been experimented with, more or less, 

 as a feed for swine, and results show that there is comparatively 

 little difference between wheat and corn in feeding value. 

 Wheat contains less fibre than barley, but ground wheat alone 

 can hardly be regarded as a satisfactory ration, owing to the 

 fact that it is likely to cause digestive troubles. It gives much 

 better results when mixed with other meal, and combines well 

 with corn. As a general thing, feeding sound wheat is out 

 of the question, owing to its relatively high price. It is only 



