CORN 147 



Feed Consumed Per Hundred Pounds Gain. 



The larger amount of feed for 100 pounds gain in the 

 first trial, as compared with the second trial, is due to the 

 fact that the weight of the ear corn when first husked was 

 used in the first year's calculations, whereas the second trial 

 is calculated upon a cured corn basis, that is, corn dry enough 

 for market. 



Results. It will be seen that the field hogs made larger 

 and more economical gains than the yard hogs in each 

 experiment. 



In the second experiment a third group of hogs was used. 

 These hogs were fed in a dry lot upon snapped corn, that is, 

 the ears of corn without the husks removed. This lot occu- 

 pied an intermediate position, both in rate and economy of 

 gain, the snapped corn giving better results than the ear corn. 



A summary appearing in Bulletin 104 gives the following 

 notes: 



" The cost of fencing cornfields may be from $1.00 to $2.50 

 less per acre than the cost of husking." 



" It requires no more labor to prepare for subsequent crops, 

 fields that have been ' hogged off ' than those that have been 

 treated by the ordinary methods of harvesting." 



" Hogs waste no more corn in field than when fed in yard. 

 They pick the corn as clean as most men do in husking." 



