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each and cost 4J cents per pound. They were 

 fed 56 days on clear skim-milk which was 

 weighed to them daily and fed sweet. At the 

 end of 56 days they were sold and the growth 

 figured at 4^ cents per pound paid 22^ cents per 

 100 Ibs. of skim-milk fed. As Gov. Hoard says, 

 this work was not done under the best condi- 

 tions nor in the most economical way, as it 

 would without doubt have paid better to feed 

 some kind of grain food with the skim-milk. 



C. P. Goodrich's work. Mr. C. P. Goodrich 

 of Fort Atkinson, Wis., kindly gave me the re- 

 sults of some experimenting he did in feeding 

 pigs. 



A bunch of six-months-old pigs weighing 125 

 Ibs. each were divided into three lots as nearly 

 equal as practicable. 



Lot 1 was fed entirely on skim-milk and made 

 5 Ibs. growth from 100 Ibs. of skim-milk. 



Lot 2 was fed entirely on corn and made 10 

 Ibs. growth from one bushel of' 70 Ibs. of ear 

 corn. 



Lot 3 was fed skim -milk and corn in propor- 

 tion of one bushel of corn to 100 Ibs. of skim- 

 milk. This combination produced 18 Ibs. of 

 growth. This illustrates very nicely the econ- 

 omy of feeding a combination ration. When 

 the bushel of corn and the 100 Ibs. of skim-milk 

 were fed separate they made 15 Ibs. of growth; 

 when combined they made 18 Ibs. of growth. 



