CHAPTER XIX. 
CORN. 
Pounds of Pork from a Bushel of Corn.—As in nearly all 
livestock investigations, wide variations have occurred in con- 
nection with this apparently simple problem. Farmers have 
been asked to report results through the agricultural papers, 
and numerous results have been obtained from experiment sta- 
tions. Professor Robbins, of the Iowa Experiment Station, 
presents a very concise summing up of the question in the 
columns of The Breeder's Gazette, where he gives the following 
table: 
Average Gain 
Number | Number | Number A Corn for 
o1 of | of days | weight | Gain | too lbs. | , Po 
tests. hogs. fed. stvatart gain obeath: 
; Ibs. lbs. Ibs. Ibs. 
Farmers....... ee 8 322 56 157 1.09 544 10.3 
Experiment stations 18 144 79 149 1.09 548 10.2 
Farmers and experi- 
ment stations..... 26 466 68 153 1.09 546 10,25 
The results given in the table are from tests where only 
whole corn was fed, no supplementary feeds or pasture being 
used. The results from farmers and experiment stations agree 
very closely, and confirm the general belief that hogs on full 
feed of whole corn should yain about one pound per day, and 
make ten pounds of pork from a bushel of corn. This is not 
a laige return from a bushel of corn, but the method of feeding 
is nor the most economical. 
Whole Corn vs. Ground Corn.—The Wisconsin: Experi- 
ment Station has conducted exhaustive experiments with whole 
corn and ground corn for fattening swine. The experiments 
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