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rapid growth. The oilier lambs were twins. They did not 

 grow as rapidly as did the single lambs, because of the lack 

 of milk, although they ate quite freely of the grain mixtures. 

 Lambs Nos. <> and 7 came from a good milker, and they 

 were also quite vigorous and hearty eaters. 



In addition to inherited constitution and plenty of milk, 

 it is very essential, in order to secure rapidity of growth, 

 that early lambs should be housed in a warm, dry barn, and 

 have a maximum amount of sunlight from a southern ex- 

 posure. 



B. Corn Meal v. Hominy Meal, and Corn Meal v. 

 Cerealine Feed for Growing Pigs. 



Experiment I. — Corn meal v. hominy meal. 

 Experiment II. — Corn meal v. cerealine feed. 

 Experiment III. — Corn meal v. cerealine feed. 



Objects of the Experiments. 



Skim-milk is a very valuable feed for growing pigs. It 

 is a digestible, nitrogenous feed stuff. Of itself it is not a 

 complete food, being deficient in solid matter as well as in 

 carbohydrates (starchy material). In order to make a com- 

 plete food, carbohydrate feeds are necessary to properly 

 balance the daily ration. A combination of skim-milk and 

 corn meal (1 quart milk and from 3 to 6 ounces of meal) 

 has been found to make a most excellent feed for rapid 

 growth. The object of the above-mentioned experiments 

 was to get at the feeding values of hominy meal and cerea- 

 line feed, when compared with corn meal, for this purpose. 



What Hominy Meal is. — Hominy meal consists of the 

 hulls, germ and some of the starch and gluten of the corn, 

 ground together. This separation is said to be brought 

 about solely by the aid of machinery. The hard, flinty 

 part of the corn is the hominy, which is used as a human 

 food . 



117/'// < '< i> uline Feed is. — This feed consists also of the 

 hull and a portion of the starch of the corn. It contains 

 rather Less of the starch than does the hominy meal. It is 



