76 CHARLES ANTHONY GOESSMANN 



I. WITH AN ABUNDANCE OF SKIM MILK 



II. WITH MILK IN LIMITED SUPPLY (4 TO 5 QUARTS 



DAILY) 



Same proportions of meal and milk as in I, and a combination of grain 

 in different proportions to satisfy appetites as follows: 



Live weight of animal 



Grain mixture (by weight) to 

 supplement meal and milk 



He fed rations with a narrow nutritive ratio at first, 

 when the young animal was in need of the largest pro- 

 portion of nitrogenous matter, increasing the carbo- 

 hydrates as the animal grew. A ration with a too nar- 

 row ratio after the animals have reached 100 pounds 

 in weight retarded growth. He found it to be poor 

 economy to keep the pig after it has reached a weight 

 of 200 pounds. After that time the food-cost of a pound 

 of growth was in excess of its usual market value. He 

 presented very elaborate tables, showing the total 

 amounts of feed consumed by each pig, the total dry 



