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divided into two periods with an intervening interval of 

 14 days. The corn chops and the rice bran were soaked 

 twenty-four hours before feeding. Part of the time 

 the peanuts were fed on the vines and the remainder 

 they were removed from the vines before feeding. The 

 rations fed and the results for each period are shown 

 separately in Table CL. 



TABLE CL. RICE BRAN VERSUS PEANUTS VERSUS CORN 

 FOR FATTENING PIGS 



In the first period the rate of gain was not satisfactory 

 in any of the lots, particularly when corn chops were fed. 

 The pigs on corn during this period ate the least feed 

 and made the smallest gains of any. The feed required 

 to produce 100 pounds of gain was also abnormally high 

 on this ration. The marked improvement in the rate 

 of gain shown here by all lots in the second period is 

 evidence of the improved palatability and value of a 



1 Corn chops = coarsely ground corn. 



