144 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
Saving Effected per Bushel by Grinding Corn for 
Fatlening Pigs. 
. | ets. | cts. | cts. | cts. | cts. | cts. 
When corn is worth:. . .| 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 
Saved by grinding:..... 1.5} 1.8) 2.1} 2.4] 2.7 | 3.0 3.3 | 3.6/3.9) 4.2) 4.5 
The authors conclude that where there is plenty of time for 
maturing pigs, it is doubtful whether it pays to grind the corn. 
Pigs eat more corn when it is ground, and make somewhat more 
rapid gains. Ground corn is recommended for finishing hogs 
that have been fed shelled corn until near the close of the feed- 
ing period. 
Ear Corn, Shelled Corn, and Corn Meal (Soaked and 
Dry).—In Bulletin 106, the Iowa Experiment Station reports 
results of two vears’ work with hogs of different ages. As a 
result of these tests the following recommendations are made 
regarding farm practice: 
“These results clearly indicate the most profitable farm 
practice where corn is the main part of the ration for hogs. 
The fastest and most profitable gains were secured by feeding 
dry ear corn until the hogs were close to 200 pounds in weight. 
The scoop shovel was all that was needed to prepare corn for 
them. Then, if the hogs were to be fed longer and the weather 
permitted, the most profitable gains were secured by changing 
them to scaked shelled corn. Spring pigs, to be sold the next 
fall and winter, thus gave the best results when fed dry ear 
corn until sold. Fall pigs, and the spring pigs carried over 
to be fattened the following spring, were handled most profit- 
ably by feeding dry ear corn until the weather became mild 
enough for soaking corn in the following spring, and then 
feeding soaked shelled corn until the finish. This was especially 
true when the hogs were run on pasture. The old sows made 
