EXPERIMENTS IN PIG FEEDING 



117 



At the end of the period all four lots were fed for 21 days 

 'on a ration consisting of milk and cornmeal. Each lot was 

 weighed weekly during the two periods. The chart below 

 marks the fluctuations of gain: 



Week 1 2 3 4 5 (5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 



Lou 



LOtB 



LolC 

 LotD 



::::!II.: : :_: — :__: :_:_,;_:__: :: ::;::: 



In fermenting the bran it was steamed in a barrel and left 

 for 10 days before it was used. By this time it was quite 

 sour and had undergone fermentation to some extent. 



The table below gives the gain in live weight and the aver- 

 age daily gain during both periods: 



TABLE lY. 



Gain in live iveight and average daily gain by periods. 



+3 



o 



A. 

 B. 

 C. 

 D. 



A. 

 B. 

 C. 

 D. 



Ration— First Period. 



Fermented bran — 

 Unfermented bran.. 

 Bran and cornmeal. 

 Cornmeal 



SECOND period. 



Cornmeal 



Cornmeal 



Cornmeal 



Cornmeal 







141 

 144 

 143 

 141 



o3 





d 

 ^ 



Si 



bX) 



321 

 352 

 370 

 464 



bCcS 

 cs bo 



.61 



.70 



.76 



1.08 



1.44 

 1.24 



.88 

 1.38 



