474 FEEDING ANIMALS. 



Lot No. 2 weighed at beginning,, 46 7 pounds ; at slaughter- 

 ing, 761 pounds ; gain in live weight, 294 pounds; dressed 

 weight, 593 pounds. Lot No. 3, live weight at start, 456 

 pounds ; at slaughtering, 689 pounds ; gain in live weight, 

 233 pounds ; dressed weight, 567 pounds. 



Lot 1 gained in live weight for every bushel fed, 12.90 

 pounds ; lot 2 gained 15.11 pounds ; lot 3 gained 10.38 

 pounds per bushel. Lot 1 took 4.34 pounds of meal for 1 

 pound gain in live weight, and 5.37 pounds for 1 pound 

 dressed weight. Lot 2 required 4.62 pounds to make 1 

 pound live weight, and 5.93 pounds for 1 pound dressed 

 pork. Reducing this quantity of cob-meal to clear meal, 

 it will be found that 3.70 pounds make 1 pound live weight, 

 while 4.75 pounds make 1 pound of dressed pork. Lot 3 

 required 5.11 pounds of clear corn to make 1 pound live 

 weight, and 6.21 pounds to make 1 of dressed pork. 



This was a valuable experiment, and greatly surprised 

 the committee appointed to carry it out. They say : "We 

 have long been satisfied that a certain amount of coarse ma- 

 terial fed to cattle with concentrated food was both judi- 

 cious, economical and profitable, but on account of the 

 peculiar construction of the pig's stomach, we were not 

 prepared for the result, showing the desirability of feeding 

 a coarse material in connection with corn-meal to pigs." 

 This experiment shows that cob-meal is superior in feeding 

 value to clear whole corn, and that it is nearly as valuable, 

 cob and all, as clear meal. Cob-meal should always be 

 ground very fine. 



As we are treating of winter-feeding it will be appro- 

 priate to discuss the form and construction of the 



SWINE HOUSE, 



and preliminary to the description of a plan of our own, 

 we will give an illustration and description of the breeding 

 pens of a most intelligent practical breeder and feeder at 



