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The amount of meal consumed per 100 pounds gain was 

 as follows : 



Lot 1, 430.9 pounds; lot 2, 431.4 pounds; lot 3, 432.9 

 pounds. 



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FIG. 43. Black-hulled white kafir, much grown in dry climates to use in place of corn. 

 (Experiment Station, Kans.) 



Both in rate of gain and feed consumed per 100 pounds 

 gain, the three rations may be said to have given practically 

 the same results. In this experiment, therefore, we find that 

 frozen wheat has proved quite equal to barley when fed with 

 middlings. 



Oats. Owing to their high percentage of fibre, oats do not 

 possess a high value for fattening hogs. When used at all, 

 they should be used as a comparatively small part only of the 



