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with whey, when the following meal equivalents were 

 required to produce I Ib. live weight increase : 



In 1909, barley meal and maize meal gave very much 

 better results, but in 1910 there was little difference. 



It was found possible to increase the live weight of the 

 pigs from 100 to 210 Ibs. in nine to ten weeks by feeding 

 with separated milk and barley meal. When the ration 

 was whey and maize meal, it required eleven weeks to pro- 

 duce the same increase. The proportion of maize to whey 

 which gave best results was 2 Ibs. meal to 2 J galls, whey. 



(6) Root Crops. 



Mangels and Meals. In the Wiltshire County 

 Council experiments the following results were ob- 

 tained, and have been calculated to the meal equiva- 

 lents required for I Ib. live weight increase : 



