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the other feeds. The gains in the second experiment 

 were not as satisfactory as in the first because of the 

 excessive heat in July and also because the pigs in this 

 experiment had been fed more liberal grain rations pre- 

 vious to the test. 



TABLE XCIII. SKIM-MILK VERSUS OTHER PROTEIN SUPPLE- 

 MENTS FOR FATTENING PIGS * 



I. Apr. 10-June 9, 1909 60 days 



II. June 19-Aug. 18, 1908 60 days 



1 Ind. Exp. Sta. Bull. 137. 



2 Prices charged for feeds were as follows : I. corn-meal, 

 $18 a ton ; linseed-oil meal and soybean meal, $30 a ton ; tank- 

 age, $40 a ton ; middlings, $25 a ton ; skim-milk, 20 cents a hun- 

 dredweight. II. corn-meal, 80 cents a bushel ; linseed-oil meal 

 and soybean meal, $30 a ton ; skim-milk, 25 cents a hundred- 

 weight. 



