182 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



" condimental stock feeds." In summing up, Professor Well 

 says, in part : " The feeding experiments include twenty-three 

 different trials, conducted at more than a dozen different ex- 

 periment 'stations, with 992 animals in all; viz., with 78 steers, 

 81 dairy cows, 604 sheep, 112 pigs, and 117 hens. ... In 

 going over the evidence presented, we find that only two out of 

 the twenty-three different trials showed the stock feed to 

 possess any merit; the conclusions drawn from the results of 

 the twenty-one trials is to the effect that nothing was gained 

 by including these feeds in the ration fed; in fact, they were 

 shown to be a positive detriment in so far that they rendered 

 the rations more expensive and increased the cost of the product 

 obtained, whether this be gain in live weight, milk, butter 

 fat, wool, or eggs." 



Among the conclusions drawn from investigation work with 

 " stock feeds " are the following : 



" They are of no benefit to healthy animals when fed as 

 directed, either as to increasing the digestibility of the feed 

 eaten or rendering it more effective for the production of 

 meat, milk, wool, etc." 



" They are of no benefit as a cure-all for diseases of the 

 various classes of live stock; neither do they possess any 

 particular merit in case of specific diseases, or for animals out 

 of condition, off feed, etc., since only a small proportion of 

 ingredients having medicinal value is found therein, the bulk 

 of the feeds consisting of a filler which possesses no medicinal 

 properties whatever." 



" Exorbitant prices are charged for these feeds." 



" By adopting a liberal system of feeding farm animals 

 and furnishing a variety of feeds, good results may be obtained 

 without resorting to stock feeds of any kind. If a farmer 

 believes it is necessary to feed stock feeds at times, he can 



