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they were not fat enough to sell to advantage, though in fair con- 

 dition, it was decided to feed them for a time so that they would 

 take on fat rapidly. The standard food for this purpose has 

 always been corn meal, and is what many farmers would now use 

 exclusively as a fattening ration. It was determined to test the 

 wisdom of the practice with the case in hand. For a time Lot 5 

 was fed a mixture of gluten meal and corn meal, and Lot 6 was 

 fed pure corn Ineal. For a second period this order of feeding was 

 reversed, Lot 5 receiving the pure corn meal. The advantage of 

 the mixed ration was too marked to be doubted for an instant, as 

 the record below shows. 



Daily Rations of Pigs- 

 Lots 5 AND 6. 





Lot 5. 



Lot 6. 1 



Changes in weight of pigs 





^ 



d 







ji 













c 



u 







C 



. 











SB 



4) 



a 





o 



03 



-5 





to 



o 









« 



a 



a 



OS 



<v 



s 



CS 



\a 



«D 





















-b9 





^ 



^ 



c 



o 



^ 



o 



O 



o 



o 





CO 



O 



a^ 



O 



^ 



^ 



^ 





w 



03 



r/l 



m 



m 



m 



m 



t» 



03 





^ 



Xi 



JD 



J= 



J3 



.O 



.Q 



X! 



X3 





^^ 





—" 



2 



6 



2 



2 







Nov. 7th to Nov. 20th 





6 



u 



69.i to 84^ 



614 to 70 



Nov. 21st to Dec. 8th 





8 



Pea 

 Meal 



2 



3 



8 



3 



3 



84^ to 113 



70 to 84h 



Dec. 9th to Jan. 10th 



10 



U 



n 



4 



10 



4 



4 



113 to 160i 



84i to 12U 



Jan. 11th to Jan. 19th 

 Jan. 20th to Mar. 26th 



12 

 12 



2 

 11 



4 

 3J 



4 

 4 



12 

 12 



6 

 5 



1} 



160i to 271d 



12U to 175 



Food Eaten and Growth Made by Pigs. 

 Lots 5 and 6. 



Period 1. Food of Lot 5, skimmed milk^ corn meal and pota- 

 toes, and of Lot 6, corn meal and potatoes. Both lots ate the same 

 amounts of digestible material. 



Nov. 7th to 20th 14 davs 



Nov. 21st to Dec. 8th, 18 days 



Total 32 days 



Lot 5. 



lbs. 



84 



144 



228 



O 



lbs. 

 174 

 36 



53i 



Pi 



lbs. 



28 

 54 



82 



bX) 



O 



Lot 6. 



lbs. 

 15 

 284 









« 



^ 



.4J 







^ 







V 





t/j 



is 



a 



o 



.2 



c 



CO 



2 









o 



o 



aj 



v-^ 



Cui 



o 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



28 



28 



84 



54 



54 



144 



82 



82 



23 



