Fattening Pigs in the Dry Lot 



273 



TABLE CXVI. SUMMARY : CORN ALONE VERSUS CORN AND 

 WHEAT SHORTS 'OR MIDDLINGS (Av. 6 Exps.) L 



In every instance in which the shorts or middlings were 

 fed, the gains were faster and the total feed requirement 

 for producing 100 pounds of gain less. Here again are 

 demonstrated the deficiencies of a ration of corn alone 

 for well-grown fattening pigs. For producing 100 pounds 

 of gain, 184.76 pounds of shorts or middlings effected 

 a saving of 296.50 pounds of corn. That is, this quantity 

 of shorts or middlings fed in the balanced ration replaced 

 or was the equivalent of 296.50 pounds of corn fed in the 

 corn-alone ration. The value of the shorts or middlings 

 in reducing the cost of gains compared with that of corn 

 alone, then, would be as shown in Table CXVII. 



TABLE CXVII. MONEY VALUE OF WHEAT SHORTS OR MID- 

 DLINGS WHEN FED WITH CORN TO FATTENING PIGS 



1 Neb. Exp. Sta. Bull. 107 ; Ohio Exp. Sta. Bulls. 209 and 

 213; Mo. Exp. Sta. Bull. 65; Ind. Exp. Sta. Bull. 108. 



