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profitable to have harvested and sold the rye on the 

 market than to have "hogged" it down. No corn was 

 fed in this lot, but enough meat-meal was given to insure 

 a balanced ration with the rye. The results of trials 

 conducted the next summer at the same station, when 

 corn was also fed to the pigs, again showed the practice 

 to be an unprofitable one. 



TABLE XLVI. "HOGGING DOWN" RIPE RYE VERSUS GREEN 



RYE 



Somewhat better results were secured from "hogging 

 down" ripe rye by the Missouri Station l as indicated in 

 the table below, which shows the results of five succes- 

 sive years of experiment. The pigs were of average 

 grade and weighed 60 to 90 pounds when the trials began. 

 In addition to the rye, they received a hand-fed ration 

 composed of 6 parts corn to 1 of linseed-oil meal in quan- 

 tities sufficient to maintain an approximate daily gain 

 of | pound for each pig. 



1 Bull. 110. 



