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The swine were fed from 2 to 8 pounds per lot, extra, 

 daily. 



Two different lots of swine were used and, with' the ex- 

 ception of those following steers in corn lot, the second lot 

 were fed forty-four days after the steers were sold, on same 

 kind of feed the steers were getting, to determine the quan- 

 tity of grain required to produce a pound of gain. 



The swine following steers fed on corn were much fatter 

 than those of other lots and a further test of the value of 

 corn for hogs in this condition was not deemed advisable. 

 But the average of three trials from three different Experi- 

 ment Stations with hogs of similar weight for the production 

 of a pound of pork with shelled corn, which is 5.43 pounds, 

 is taken as a basis for computing gains of swine for the corn 

 lot. Swine in the other lots were not fat but in good con- 

 dition. 



Table No. I. 



VALUE OF SPEI/TZ FOR STEERS 



When speltz is ground it separates into two parts, the 

 husk and the grain. From the analyses of this grain found 

 on a preceding page, it may be seen that there is a large per 

 cent of crude fibre in both the husk and the grain. 



Armsby in his Manual of Cattle-Feeding states the follow- 

 ing in regard to the digestibility of crude fibre: U A portion 

 of the crude fibre of coarse fodders is digestible. This fact 

 is so well ascertained, and has been so uniformly observed, 



