PIG-FEEDING EXPERIMENTS 



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The equivalent of whey in terms of barley meal, in 

 the Kilmarnock experiments, gives the figure 13 Ibs. 

 whey (ij galls.) as being equal to i Ib. meal. The 

 Danish equivalent for whey is 12 Ibs., hence they agree 

 very closely. 



Separated Milk and Meals. In the Wilts County 

 Council experiments the object was to find the most 

 suitable food for producing the finest bacon. In order 

 to facilitate comparison, the " meal equivalents " l of 

 the various rations are given, which show the amount 

 of food required to give unit increase : 



The above table shows that, with a mixture of 

 barley or maize meal with either cooked potatoes or 

 separated milk, less food is required to give unit increase 

 in live weight than was the case'with meal alone. In 

 the case of the lot of pigs receiving barley meal, 

 separated milk, and cooked potatoes, a " meal equivalent " 

 of 3-93 Ibs. gave unit increase (i Ib.). When, however, 

 maize was used in place of barley meal, 3-76 Ibs. meal or 

 its equivalent gave the same result. 



Barley meal and cooked potatoes gave better results 

 than barley meal and separated milk, while with maize 





See p. 115. 



