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Conclusions. 



1. The entire lot of young pigs (six), weighing on an 

 average 40 pounds per head, gained in 69 days, wlien fed in 

 one pen together on boiled potatoes and skim-milk (one 

 pound of potatoes to every quart of milk consumed), 46 

 pounds in live weight per head, or 0.69 pounds per day, at 

 an average cost of 4.95 cents per pound of live weight 

 gained. 



2. The same lot of pigs, when subsequently isolated 

 in six different pens and fed on a daily diet consisting, 

 as previously specified, of skim-milk, barley meal, wheat 

 bran and Chicago maize feed, gained on an average in 65 

 days 95.5 pounds each, or 1.49 pounds per day, at an aver- 

 age total cost of 5.64 cents per pound of live weight, or 

 4.8 cents of net cost. 



3. The high cost of feed per pound of live weight gained 

 in this experiment is due to two causes, namely, low rate of 

 daily increase in live weight during the first half of the time 

 occupied by the experiment, and to the high market cost of 

 the ground barley used in large quantities during the second 

 half of the experiment. 



