Fattening Pigs in the Dry Lot 



241 



In the table below are summarized the results of seven 

 feeding experiments in which rations of corn and skim- 

 milk or buttermilk were compared with rations of corn 

 alone. In two of the experiments, those at South Dakota 

 and Ohio, the pigs in both lots had access to a blue-grass 

 pasture, which resulted in a better showing for the lots 

 fed corn alone than would have been the case if they had 

 been confined to dry lots. In the other five, all lots were 

 fed in dry yards. These results represent work from 

 seven different stations and involved the use of a total of 

 106 pigs averaging a little over 100 pounds when the 

 experiments began. 



TABLE LXXXVIII. SUMMARY : CORN ALONE VERSUS CORN 

 AND SKIM-MILK OR BUTTERMILK* (Av. 7 Exps.) 



The sum total of this evidence as expressed in the 

 summary table gives to skim-milk and buttermilk 

 unusually high valuations. The fifty-three pigs which 

 received either skim-milk or buttermilk with their corn 

 gained 59.61 per cent faster than did those receiving corn 

 alone. This was sufficient to effect a saving of 36 days 



1 Ind. Exp. Sta. Bull. 137 ; S. Dak. Exp. Sta. Bull. 136 ; Dem. 

 Exp. St. Joseph Stock Yds. Co. ; Ohio Exp. Sta. Bull. 209 ; 

 Neb. Exp. Sta. Bull. 107; N. H. Exp. Sta. Bull. 113; Tex. Exp. 

 Sta. Bull. 131. 



