Value of Various Feeding Stuffs for Swine. 



541 



per et. of the ration, replaced 555 lbs, of corn. In the Iowa trial the 

 ration containing 9 per ct. meat meal produced the largest gains, 

 100 lbs, of the meat meal replacing 359 lbs, of corn. Owing to their 

 high price not over 9 or 10 per ct. of tankage or meat meal should 

 be added to the ration, and 5 per ct. would suffice where the pigs are 

 on alfalfa or clover pasture, 



Tanhage and meat meal as supplements to corn. 



Average ration 



Feed for 



100 lbs. 



gain 



Nebraska Station 

 Soaked corn, 5.2 lbs. 



Tankage, 0.3 lb. Soaked corn, 5.3 lbs. 

 Tankage, 0.6 lb. Soaked corn, 5.0 lbs. 



Indiana Station 

 Corn meal, 3.5 lbs. 



Tankage, 0.4 lb. Corn meal, 3.9 lbs. 

 Tankage, 0.7 lb. Corn meal, 3.9 lbs. 



rowa Station 



Corn meal, 6.5 lbs. 



Meat meal, 0.8 lb. Corn meal, 7.6 lbs. 

 Meat meal, 0.9 lb. Corn meal, 7.3 lbs. 

 Meat meal, 1.0 lb. Corn meal, 6.7 lbs. 



416 

 371 



520 

 370 



378 



557 

 451 

 457 

 436 



Carlyle of the Wisconsin Station^ found that 152-lb. pigs fed corn 

 and beef meal had thigh bones that broke at a strain of 1,200 lbs., 

 or 8 times the body weight, while others weighing 192 lbs., fed corn 

 and heavy wheat shorts, gave bones breaking at 835 lbs,, or but 4 

 times the body weight. 



Day of the Ontario Agricultural College- found tankage at $33 

 per ton more economical as a supplement to grain for pigs than skim 

 milk at 15 cents per 100 lbs. Blood meal produced nearly as large 

 gains as tankage. Day states that since blood meal is an exceedingly 

 concentrated food it must be fed in small amount and with care to 

 avoid injurious results. (306, 920) 



889. Tankage v. linseed meal. — At the Indiana Station^ Skinner 

 and Cochel, in 3 trials averaging 57 days, compared tankage and 

 linseed meal as supplements to corn meal with a total of 43 pigs, 

 averaging 164 lbs. in weight. Since tankage contains almost twice 

 as much digestible crude protein as linseed meal, only half as much 

 of the former was fed. 



Bui. 104. 



Ept. 1905. 



^ Bui. 12G. 



