92 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



Live Weight of Animal. 



Corn Meal, Skim-milk. 



20 to 70 pounds, 



70 to 130 pounds, 



130 to 200 pounds, 



2 ounces for every quart of milk consumed. 

 4 ounces for every quart of milk consumed. 

 G ounces for every quart of milk consumed. 



II. 



Live Weight os Animal. 



Nutritive Character of the Feed in Both Instances. 



20 to 70 pounds, < 



70 to 130 pounds, ) 



130 to 200 pounds, \ 



1 digestible nitrogenous organic constituent. 

 2.8-3 non-nitrogenous organic constituents. 

 1 digestible nitrogenous organic constituent. 

 3.6-4 non-nitrogenous organic constituents. 

 1 digestible nitrogenous organic constituent. 

 4.5-5 non-nitrogenous organic constituents. 



Our observations in this connection with the management 

 of twelve feeding experiments, lead to the following sug- 

 gestions regarding a proper course of raising pigs for the 

 meat market : — 



1. Begin as early as practicable, with a well-regulated 

 system of feeding. During the moderate season, begin 

 when the animals have reached from eighteen to twenty 

 pounds in live weight ; in the colder seasons, when they 

 weigh from twenty-five to thirty pounds. 



2. The feed for young pigs during their earlier stages of 

 growth ought to be somewhat bulky, to promote the exten- 

 sion of their digestive organs, and to make them thereafter 

 good eaters. A liberal supply of skim-milk or buttermilk, 



