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In case of thi-ee pigs in the present experiment wider 

 rations were fed, beo:innin<2: with 1 : 4.25 and endino^ with 

 1:6.5. 



From the results obtained in this one experiment no very 

 accurate conclusions can be drawn. What the experiment 

 indicates can be seen from the figures presented further on, 

 and it will be alluded to under our heading of * ' What our 

 experiments teach us." 



Experiments of this kind will be repeated, we hope, in 

 ordet to UJaslnite to our farmers whether it is more economi- 

 cal to feed young growing pigs (from 25 to 180 pounds) in 

 the beo-inning rations containing one i)art of nitroo-enous to 

 three parts non-nitrogenous matter (1 : o), and ending with 

 one part nitrogenous to four and one-half parts non-nitroge- 

 nous (1 : 4.5), or whether they can be fed as well or better 

 with rations l)eginning with one part nitrogenous to four 

 and one-half parts non-nitrogenous (1 : 4.5), and ending with 

 one part nitrogenous to six and one-half parts non-nitrogenous 

 (1:6.5). 



How THE Six Pigs were treated ix the Present 

 Experiment. 

 The pigs were divided into two lots of three each. Lot I., 

 consisting of pigs 1, 2 and 3, was treated in practically the 

 same way as in our previously described experiment. AVe 

 had during a portion of the time a good supply of skim- 

 milk, and each pig in this lot received at one time as high as 

 ten quarts per day, in addition to his grain feed. The grain 

 consisted of corn meal, and four ounces of Buffalo gluten feed 

 as a substitute for one quart of milk, when the supply of the 

 latter was limited. In case of Lot II. the number of feed- 

 ing periods was the same, namely, three. During the first 

 period the pigs were fed six ounces of corn meal to each 

 (juart of milk, and this continued until the pigs had reached 

 a weight of 80 pounds, and were consuming four and one- 

 hal^ quarts of milk and twenty-seven ounces of corn meal 

 per day. In periods II. and III. the supply of milk was 

 kept at four quarts daily, plus two quarts of water to give 

 the necessary drink, and as mitch corn meal was added as 

 the animals would consume. 



