58 ON FATTENING CA.TTLE AND SWINE. 



several experiments to ascertain the comparative value 

 of different kinds of food for swine; also, scalded and 

 unscalded food. In consequence, how^ever, of change 

 of food, some of the swine did not eat well. I found 

 the experiment would not be satisfactory to myself, and 

 I in part discontinued it. 



The following is the result of the experiment on 

 scalded and unscalded meal. 



On the 24th of August, I weighed five pigs, and put 

 them into four pens, and fed them with the same quan- 

 tity of meal; each pig was fed with 229 pounds of meal, 

 in fifty-six days, to which was added about three pints 

 of skimmed milk per day. 



August 25th their weight was as follows: 

 Pig in pen No. 1, 106 pounds; fed on scalded meal. 

 " " " " 2, 110 " " raw meal. 



" " " " 4, 81 " " scalded meal. 



October 19th, I again w^eighed them; the result was 

 as follows: 

 Pig in pen No. 1, 170 pounds; gain in 56 days, 64 lbs. 



u c. c. u 2, 180 " '' " " 70 do. 



" " " " 3, 167 " " " " 68 do, 



" " " " 4, 134 " " " " 61 do. 



" " ^' " " 148 " " " " 67 do. 



I then changed their food; those that had been fed 

 with scalded meal, I gave raw meal; and those that had 

 been fed with raw meal, I fed with scalded meal. And in- 

 stead of feeding them three times per day, as I had pre- 

 viously done, I fed them but twice per day; but gave 

 them the same quantity of food — 166 pounds, in 40 days. 

 November 28th, T weighed them again, and the result 

 was as follows: 

 Pig in pen No. 1, 209 pounds; gain in 40 days, 39 lbs. 



u u u cc 2, 213 " " " " " 33 do. 



*' " " " 3, 207 " " " " " 40 do. 



" " " " 4, 183 " " " " " 35 do. 



" " " " *' 182 " " " " " 49 do. 



Thus -it appears that two pigs, fed on raw meal, gain- 



