FISH MEAL AS A FEED FOE SWINE. 7 



EESTJLTS OF THE FEEDING. 



The pigs in all the lots ate well and regularly and not one of 

 them went off feed during the test. Small quantities of feed were 

 left in the troughs after feeding time, but this was due to the fact 

 that the pigs were required to eat a little more than they conveniently 

 could handle. Dried pressed potato is rather bulky, and it is diffi- 

 cult to determine the amount that will be cleaned up by the pigs 

 at one feed. All the pigs in the experiment were fed 2 pounds of 

 feed per head per day at the beginning of the test. This, of course, 

 was a very small quantity for 150-pound pigs, but they were given 

 this small portion at first because by gradually starting pigs on a feed 

 the appetite is kept keen and the chances of going off feed are very 

 much lessened. The pigs also are better enabled to cultivate an 

 appetite for a new feed. 



Summary of results, fattening period, September 12 to November 7, 1916 



(56 days). 









Lot 2, 



Lot 3, 



Lot 4, 







Lot 1, 



6 parts 



6 parts 



6 parts 







6 parts 



dried 



dried 



dried 







corn meal. 



pressed 



pressed 



pressed 







1 part 



potato, 



potato 



potato, 







tankage. 



1 part 



1 part 



1 part 









tankage. 



oil meal. 



Ash meal. 





3 



3 



3 



3 







153. 33 



153.33 



150.00 



154.33 





do.... 



242 



198.33 



206.33 



228.66 





do.... 



87.77 



45.00 



51.33 



74.33 





do.... 



1.57 



.80 



.91 



1.32 





..do.... 



1,072 



939 



900.5 



956.5 



Pounds fed per 100 pounds pain 



do.... 



403 



695 



584 



428 



Daily feed per 100 pounds, live weight 



do.... 



3.23 



3.16 



2.93 



2.91 





do.... 



6.4 



5.5 



5.3 



5.7 



All the pigs were in good, thrifty, growing condition at the begin- 

 ning, and were maintained in good condition and health during the 

 progress of the experiment. A study of the table will show that 

 Lot 1 (check) excelled all the other lots with respect to rate of 

 gains, amount of feed consumed to produce 100 pounds of gain, and 

 the average final weight. This lot of pigs was the largest and 

 growthiest in the experiment. They were heavy feeders and re- 

 turned good gains for the amount of feed consumed. 



The lot receiving dried pressed potato and fish meal (Lot 4) was a 

 very close second to the check lot. The figures, however, show 

 greater advantages in favor of the check lot than one could detect 

 with the eye. Both these lots maintained good condition throughout 

 the experiment and carried a very high degree of finish. There was 

 a difference of 13 pounds per hog in favor of the check lot at the 

 close of the test. The pigs in Lot 4 were evidently as heavy feeders 

 as those in the check lot, but it is impossible for pigs to consume 



