AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



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meal, and they were in a very thrifty condition. The four ani- 

 mals were divided into two lots, and one lot ate bran while the other 

 lot ate middlings. ' The experiment was continued during twc 

 I^eirods, and the order in which these foods were fed in the first 

 period was reversed in the second, this being done so as to test the 

 growth of each pair of hogs with both middlings and bran. 



The figures which follow show that the amount of food eaten 

 was not the largest possible, moderate rations being considered es- 

 sential to those experiments whose especial object is the testing of 

 the relative nutritive value of foods. 



It is hoped that the figures stated below plainly show how the 

 hogs were fed and the result of the experiment. 



Period 1. 



Jime 20th to July 20th, 31 days. 



Wheat bran fed daily. 



Total bran eaten 



Wheat middlings fed daily 



Total middlings eaten 



Skimmed milk eaten daily 



Total skimmed milk eaten 



Weight of hogs on June 18th and 19 



Weight of hogs on July 19th and 20, 



Gain of each lot in 31 days. 







LOT A. 



LOT B. 







5 lbs. 









155 '' 



5 lbs, 

 155 '• 







20 " 



20 " 







620 '' 



620 " 



id 19. 





398 " 



3861 '' 



d20. 





422i " 



425i '• 







24i " 



38i " 



PERIO] 



D 2. 







July 21st to Aug. 30th., 41 days. 



Wheat bran fed daily to Aug. 5th. 



" •' " Aug. 6th to Aug. 30th, 

 Total bran eaten, 

 Wheat middlings fed daily to Aug, 5th. 



,, middlings fed daily Aug. 6th to Aug. 30, 

 Total middlings eaten. 

 Skimmed milk fed daily to Aug. 5, 

 Skimmed milk fed daily Aug 6th to Aug. 30, 

 Total skimmed milk eaten 

 Weight of hogs on July 19th and 20. 

 Weight of hogs on Aug 29th and 30th, 

 Gain of each lot in 41 days. 



LOT A. 



LOT B. 





Gibs, 





6i •• 





258i " 



6 lbs. 





6i - 





16 •' 



16 " 



10 •• 



10 •' 



.506 •' 



506 •' 



422i •' 



425i " 



494 '' 



454i " 



71i '' 



29i " 



SUMMARY OF BOTH PERIODS. 



( 413i lbs. middlings, 



Gain of two hogs in 72 days on \ t\l'' ^^f • ^"iddhngs, ^ j 



" ^ \1126 '' skimmed milk, j ^^" "j=- 



Gain of two hogs in 72 days on (f ''l!,^ ^^^' ^^ 

 * *' ( 1120 '" skn 



413i lbs. bran, "1 _„, ,, 



inimed milk. I*'"^* '"^' 



