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EXPERIMENTS IN PIG FEEDING 



In this experiment eighteen pigs, weighing about 140 

 pounds each, were divided into six lots, three in a lot. 



The following rations were fed: 



Lot 1. Milk, cornmeal, and pumpkins, cooked. 



Lot 2. Milk, cornmeal, and pumpkins, uncooked. 



Lot 3. Milk and pumpkins, raw. 



Lot 4. Milk and cornmeal. 



Lot 5. Milk, and pumpkins and apples, half and half, 

 cooked. 



Lot 6. Milk, cornmeal and bran, half and half. 



The gain in live weight and the average daily gain of each 

 pig is shown in the following table: 



TABLE L 



Gain in Live Weight by feeding Pumpkins, cooked and uncooked^ 

 Cornmeal, Cornmeal and Middlings, o/nd Apples and Pumpkins. 



Lot and Kind of Feed. 



«1 '■ 



>fi 



<D 



SiP, 



(Milk, 

 Lot A. I Cornmeal, 



( Pumpkins (cooked) 



) Milk, 1 



Lot B. [ Coi-nmeal, V .... 



) Pumpkins (uncooked) ) 



J . ., ( Milk, } 

 i^oti^. I Pumpkins (uncooked) I 



T r.*- rk I Milk, ; 



i.ot JJ. I Cornmeal, ] 



(Milk, ) 



Lot E. I Pumpkins, > 



( Apples, ) *' 



Milk, 



LotF. ^Corn, 



Bran, 



2.21 



2 26 



1.12 

 1.97 



1.54 

 2.16 



It will be noted that the greatest gain was made by the 

 lots having cornmeal as a part of the ration, the pumpkin-fed 

 lot beino^ in the lead. The least gain was made by the lot 

 receiving only milk and raw pumpkins. The table shows 

 there was a range in daily gain from 1.12 pounds in the lot fed 

 raw pumpkins to 2.26 pounds in the lot receiving cornmeal 

 in connection with raw pumpkins. We also see there was 



