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Burns, Texas Bulletin 131, summarizes results of feeding 

 rice bran as follows; " Rice bran was much cheaper than corn 

 and yielded a larger gain. The pork produced by it was of 

 an inferior quality to that produced by corn. The shrinkage 

 from the dressed weight hot to the dressed weight chilled was 

 much greater, and the per cent of dressed carcass much less. 

 Rice bran should be used more extensively in pork production 

 when corn is so much higher in price, and, for the best results, 

 should be fed in connection with a feed rich in protein." 



Weed Seeds. Professor Henry conducted two trials at the 

 Wisconsin Experiment Station with pigeon-grass seed, cooked 

 and uncooked, for swine. The results are reported in " Feeds 

 and Feeding." 



Lot 1 was fed two-thirds cooked pigeon-grass meal and one- 

 third corn meal uncooked. 



Lot 2 was fed corn meal only, uncooked. 



Lot 3 was fed one-third pigeon-grass meal and two-thirds 

 corn meal, both uncooked. 



Lot 1 made the largest gains and required the least feed 

 for 100 pounds of gain, and lot 3 made the smallest gains 

 and required the most feed for 100 pounds of gain. 



Professor Henry says : " It is evident that pigeon-grass 

 seed when cooked is a valuable feed for swine. ... To be 

 satisfactory for pig feeding the seed of this grass should be 

 ground and cooked." 



At the large elevators, weed seeds and small wheat accumu- 

 late in large quantities, and this product can be used to good 

 advantage in feeding 'swine when judiciously mixed with other 

 meal. 



"Stock Feeds." In Bulletin 151 of the Wisconsin Ex- 

 periment Station, Prof. F. W. Woll gives a review of the 

 work of experiment stations with so-called "stock feeds," or 



