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EXPERIMENTS IN PIG FEEDING 



The table is full of interest. There is a gradual increase 

 in weight from the fermented ration fed to Lot A to the corn- 

 meal ration fed to Lot D. The average daily gain is greatest 

 in the cornmeal-fed lot, where it is 1.08 pounds, while the 

 fermented-bran ration shows an average daily gain of but 

 .61 pounds; unfermented bran, .70 pounds, and bran-cornmeal 

 ration, .76 pounds. This is quite decidedly in favor of the 

 cornmeal ration. 



When the second period was begun, the bran part of the 

 rations was left off, and cornmeal was fed to all the lots. The 

 bran-fed hogs, or Lots A and B, made a decided increase, and 

 at the end of 21 days the fermented-bran fed hogs not only 

 had made the greatest total gain, but the average daily gain 

 increased from .61 pounds of the first period to 1.44 pounds in 

 the second period. The other two lots, fed respectively corn- 

 meal, and bran and cornmeal, made but little increase in aver- 

 age daily gain. The next table gives us the comparative 

 values of each ration for the first period. 



TABLE Y. 



Comparative value of Fermented Bran, Unfermented Bran, Bran 

 and Cornmeal, and Cornmeal for Pig Feeding. 



Lot and Kind of Feed. 



Days 

 fed. 



FEED EATEN. 



Grain. Milk. 



Gain. 



FEED FOR 100 

 LBS. GAIN. 



Grain. 



Milk. 



Lot A, fermented bran 



Lot B, unfermented bran. 



Lot C, cornmeal and bran, equal 

 iDarts 



Lot D, cornmeal. 



906 

 923 



8S2 

 663 



At the end of the 99 days cornmeal alone was fed with the 

 following results: 



