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EXPERIMENTS IN PIG FEEDING 



TABLE 11. 



Co7nixi7xitive value of Pumpkins, cooked and raw, Cornmeal, Pumpki?is 

 and Apples^ Bran and Cornmeal, with equal amoimt of milk hi pig feeding. 



The same amount of milk was fed to all the lots. The 

 pTimpkin-cornmeal lots also were fed an equal amount of corn- 

 meal. In the four pumpkin-fed lots, the pigs were allowed 

 all the pumpkins they would eat. The reader will observe 

 that much less of the cooked ration ' was eaten. However, 

 where no cornmeal was fed there was a much larger amount 

 eaten to furnish a sufficient amount of digestible nutrients. 

 By further examining the table Ave see that for gain of each 

 lot there was a considerable difference in necessary amount 

 of food to produce 100 pounds gain. 



COST OF FOOD. 



The cornmeal was bought at $16 per ton and $17 per ton 

 was paid for the bran. The skim-milk fed was from our own 

 dairy and has been considered worth 20 cents per hundred 

 pounds. The pumpkins were raised at this station at a cost 

 of 40 cents per ton, and the apples were charged at the rate 

 of 10 cents per bushel. 



Going now to the next table we see the financial results 

 from feedino' the six lots. 



