various grains and new concentrated fodder articles ; in this ease the 

 experiment with gluten feed was continued. Second, a step was 

 taken in the direction of comparing the relative value of wide vs. 

 narrow rations for economical pork production. In the many exper- 

 iments heretofore made at this station, the general mode of feeding 

 has been what might be termed narrow, i. e., large quantities of 

 nitrogenous matter in proportion to the non-nitrogenous and starchy 

 matter have been fed. The feeding has generally begun with a ration 

 of one part nitrogenous to three parts non-nitrogenous (1:3) and 

 has been twice increased during the later feeding periods till in the 

 last of the three periods (in which the animal has increased in weight 

 from 125 lbs. to 180 lbs.) the ratio has been one part nitrogenous to 

 four and one-half parts non-nitrogenous (1 :4.5). Only in one or 

 two cases have wider rations been fed. This method of feeding has 

 been productive of most excellent results. The skim milk has been 

 most economically utilized and the animals have possessed uniformly 

 good health and the pork has been produced al a comparatively low 

 cost. 



In case of three pigs in the present experiment, wider rations were 

 fed, begining with I : 4.25 and ending with 1 :6.5. 



From the results obtained in this one experiment no very accurate 

 conclusions can be drawn. What the experiment indicates can be 

 seen from the figures presented further on, and it will be alluded to 

 in our heading of "-What Our Experiments Teach Us." 



Experiments of this kind will be repeated, we hope, in order to 

 illustrate to our farmers whether it is more economical to feed young 

 growing pigs (from 25 to 180 lbs.) in the beginning, rations conlainmg 

 one part of nitrogenous to three parts non-nitrogenous matter (1 :3) 

 and ending with one part nitrogenous to four and one-half parts non- 

 nitrogenous (1 :4.5), or whether they can be fed as well or better 

 with rations beginning with one part uitrogenous to four and one-half 

 non-nitrogenous (1 :4.5), and ending with one part nitrogenous to 

 six and one-half parts non-nitrogenous (1 : 6.5). 



HOW THE 8IX PIGS WERE TREATED IN THE PRESENT 

 EXPERIMENT, 



The pigs were divided into two lots of three each. Lot I consisting 

 of pigs 1, 2, and 3, were treated in practically the same way as in 

 our previously described experiment. We had during a portion of 

 the time a good supply of skim milk, and each pig in this lot received 



