ment. Tlie daily diet of the entire lot consisted from December 8tli 

 to Fel)riiury 15tli of four quarts of skim-milk aud eight ounces oi corn 

 meal, besides a mixture consisting of two 'weight parts of gluten meal 

 and one weight part of wheat bran ; the increasing demand for feed vyas 

 sui)plied by this mixture, which was moistened with water before being 

 fed. The daily quantity needed per head amounted in the beginning 

 of the trial to three ounces, and rose towards the close of that period 

 to twelve ounces. Subsequently— until the 11th of May— another 

 mixture, consisting of equal weights of corn meal, gluten meal and 

 wheat bran, w^s substituted m its place. After May 11th until the 

 close of the experiment, May 31st, a larger proportion of corn meal 

 was fed. The daily diet consisted during that period of foxcr quarts 

 of skim-milk and a mixture of dry feed consisting of seven parts of 

 corn meal, one part of gluten meal and one pjart of wheat bran. 

 On the 12th of May the daily feed consisted on an average per head 

 of four quarts of sidm-milk, twenty-eight ounces of corn meal, four 

 ounces of gluten meal and four ounces of wheat bran. The con- 

 sumption of the solid constituents of the daily fodder ration had 

 reached, at the close of the experiment, in some instances, lifty-six 

 ounces of corn meal, eight ounces of gluten meal and eight ounces 

 of wheat bran. The daily quantity of milk fed remained the same 

 during the entire experiment— four quarts per head. Water was 

 used to assist in moistening the dry portion of the feed. 



A comparison of the subsequent statement of our results with 

 those in the preceding experiment (III) shows no marked differen- 

 ces ; the results are, if anything, inferior— considering the weights 

 of the animals in both instances, when killed. The cost of the feed 

 consumed, per pound of dressed weight produced, varied from (LI to 

 G G cts. ; whilst from 3.77 to 4.08 pounds of dry matter contained in 

 the feed consumed had yielded one pound of dressed pork. The live 

 weio-ht o-ained during the experiment amounted to 128 and 111 

 pounds.'' The cost of feed consumed for the production of a given 

 (luantity of dressed pork increases materially with the advancing 

 orowth of the animal. For details concerning this important point 

 see statements in our III annual report. The financial success of 

 feeding pigs for the home market depends in a controlmg degree 

 on a timely closing up of the operation. To go beyond 160-175 lbs. 

 of live weight is only in exceptional cases a remunerative practice with 

 our average market prices for dressed pork. 



The beneficial effect of a more liberal supply of non-nitrogenous 

 feed constituents as starch and fats (in the corn meal) during the last 

 period of this feeding experiment, deserves particular attention. 



