1897.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 131 



(c) Oat Feed v. Corn Meal for Pigs. 

 Experiment II. — March 29 to June 30, 1896. 



Results. 



Four pigs fed oat feed and skim-milk each showed an 

 average weight of 42.56 pounds at the beginning and 136.75 

 pounds at the end of the experiment ; the two fed corn meal 

 and milk showed an average weight of 45.25 pounds at the 

 beginning and 157.70 pounds at the end of the experiment. 



The oat feed lot consumed during the experiment 5,389 

 pounds of skim-milk (2,474 quarts), together with 869 

 pounds of oat feed, and gained 376.75 pounds of live weight, 

 an average gain of 94.19 pounds each ; the corn meal lot con- 

 sumed 2,694.5 pounds of milk (1,236 quarts), together with 

 435 pounds of corn meal, and gained 225.25 pounds, or an 

 average gain of 112.62 pounds. 



The oat feed lot consumed 1,305.96 pounds of dry matter 

 and required 3.47 pounds of dry matter to produce a pound 

 of live weight; the corn meal lot consumed 645.1 pounds of 

 dry matter and required 2.86 pounds of dry matter to pro- 

 duce a pound of live weight. 



The oat feed lot showed an average daily gain of 1.03 

 pounds in live weight, and the corn meal lot a daily gain of 

 1.22 pounds in live weight. 



The present experiment shows that only 83.6 per cent, as 

 much pork was produced with oat feed as with an equal 

 weight of corn meal, or 100 pounds of corn meal were equal 

 to 120 pounds of oat feed. 



With corn meal at $18 per ton, oat feed at $16 per ton 

 and dressed pork at 5 cents per pound, skim-milk returned 

 1^ of a cent per quart, or 15.6 cents per 100 pounds in case 

 of the entire lot of six pigs. 



With the same price for grain and skim-milk reckoned at 

 1 cent per quart, live weight would cost 3.34 cents and 

 dressed weight 4.3 cents per pound. Further details con- 

 cerning prices will be found in the description of the experi- 

 ment. 



