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ration containing a variety of feeds and properly balanced. 

 This applies especially to the rations fed to lots I and 

 II. The total feed required to produce 100 pounds of 

 gain during the second period was abnormally small. 

 Ordinarily the feeder cannot expect such economical 

 gains. 



The experts who examined the carcasses of the different 

 lots pronounced the meat produced on the corn ration 

 very good, firm and solid. The carcasses from lot II, 

 fed rice bran chiefly, were said to be very poor, soft, and 

 thin. The meat produced by lot III, those fed largely 

 on peanuts, was described as follows : " very poor, very 

 soft and what we term oily ; the meat was very soft and 

 flabby." 



The most obvious conclusions to be drawn from these 

 results are : first, that an exclusive corn or rice bran ration 

 is not economical ; second, that rice bran is at least equal 

 to corn in feeding value ; and third, that so large a pro- 

 portion of peanuts in the ration will seriously affect the 

 quality and selling value of the meat. 



COWPEAS AND SOYBEANS 



The seeds of cowpea and soybean are rich in protein 

 and are valuable, therefore, for balancing carbonaceous 

 feeds like corn. Soybean seed usually contains more 

 than 30 per cent protein, and cowpeas about 24 per cent. 



Cowpeas versus corn. 



In Table CLI are the results of pig-feeding experiments 

 conducted at the Alabama Experiment Station in which 

 the value of cowpeas as a whole and a partial substitute 

 for corn was determined. The rations fed and the results 



