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Comments on Results. 



Both lots of pigs made very fair gains, and the results as 

 a whole compare favorably with other experiments, when 

 skim-milk was fed with other grains. The average daily 

 gain was nearly 1£ pounds, and the dry matter required to 

 make 1 pound of live weight averaged 2.65 pounds. The 

 skim-milk returned .6 of one cent per quart, and the live 

 weight cost 4.37 cents per pound, allowing skim-milk to be 

 worth one-half cent per quart, and the grains as noted. The 

 wheat meal seemed to give rather better results, especially 

 in the last period. During this latter period the pigs fed 

 on the rye-meal ration were oft* feed a good deal of the time, 

 and gained less in weight. If the experiment had been con- 

 tinued longer, the results would have been still more in favor 

 of the wheat meal. 



Suggestions for Feeding Wheat or Rye Meal. 



With pigs weighing from 30 to 100 pounds, feed 3 to 6 

 ounces meal to each quart of milk ; with pigs weighing from 

 100 to 175 pounds, feed skim-milk at disposal (4 to 6 quarts 

 per pig), and equal parts of wheat or rye meal and corn 

 meal to satisfy appetites. 



