168 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



It is unsafe to make comparisons of the different rations, 

 but the table fails to show any advantage of the No. 1 frozen 

 wheat over the No. 2. 



The most remarkable feature of the experiment is the 

 uniformly good results obtained with all the groups, indicating 

 frozen wheat to be a valuable feed for swine. 



The same would probably be found of wheat slightly 

 affected with 'smut disease, and of otherwise shrunken wheat. 

 (Fig. 42.) 



Frozen Wheat vs. Barley. At the Ontario Agricultural 

 .College, the writer fed three lots of pigs to compare frozen 



FIG. 42. Good plump wheat at the left; a poor type at the right, with narrow shriveled 

 kernels, suitable for hog feed. 



wheat with barley. The frozen wheat tested only 43Vi> pounds 

 per bushel. 



Lot 1 contained 18 pigs and was fed ground barley and 

 wheat middlings. 



Lot 2 contained 20 pigs and was fed ground frozen wheat 

 and wheat middlings. 



Lot 3 contained 18 pigs and was fed ground barley and 

 frozen wheat, equal parts, with middlings. 



The proportion of middlings varied, being reduced as the 

 experiment progressed, but was the same for all lots. 



The pigs in lot 1 averaged 41 pounds in weight at the 

 start, lot 2, 37.7 pounds, and lot 3, 54.5 pounds. 



Lot 1 made an average daily gain per pig of 1.08 pounds, 

 lot 2, 1.1 pounds, and lot 3, 1.18 pounds. 



