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palatable and appropriate for cattle than for hogs. Very 

 much more gluten feed is sold than gluten meal. 



In 1917 Evvard and Dunn l at the Iowa Experiment 

 Station conducted feeding trials in which 45- to 50-pound 

 pigs on rape were fed rations in which gluten feed was 

 used both as a supplement to and a substitute for corn. 

 The results from five of the rations in which all of the 

 feeds were supplied separately in self-feeders are shown 

 in Table CXLVI. 



TABLE CXLVI. GLUTEN FEED AS A SUBSTITUTE AND A SUP- 

 PLEMENT TO CORN FOR FATTENING PIGS ON RAPE 



The rations in which gluten feed was given alone, and 

 also with tankage, did not give as good results as did 

 corresponding rations in which corn was fed. In fact, 

 corn alone gave better results than the ration of gluten 

 feed and tankage or of gluten feed and corn. The 

 authors concluded that for growing and fattening pigs 

 fed full rations on forage, the gluten feed contained too 



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