166 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
The South Dakota Station found barley and corn prac- 
tically equal as pork producers, it requiring 453 pounds of 
corn and £57 pounds of barley, respectively, for 100 pounds 
of gain. 
Colorado and Ontario experiments were in favor of barley 
as compared with corn. 
The first Wisconsin trial gave the most marked results in 
favor of corn, and it is worthy of note that the hogs in this 
trial averaged over 200 pounds in weight at the commence- 
ment of the trial. Where vounger hogs were used, barley 
made a better showing as compared with corn. There is little 
doubt that, considered as a fat former, corn is superior to 
barley, and hence well-grown pigs would be able to stand ex- 
elusive corn feeding much better than vounger pigs. The 
writer’s experience would lead him to prefer barley to corn 
as a meal ration for growing pigs, and this view is borne out 
by the experiments noted. The extensive use made of barley 
for swine feeding in Canada, Great Britain, Denmark, and 
other countries, is strong evidence of its value. 
One disadvantage of barley is the fact that it is not eaten 
so readily by pigs as one might wish, and should be mixed 
with some other feed to increase its palatability. Barley is 
well adapted to mixing with corn as a ration for almost any 
class of pigs. 
Wheat.—Whieat has been experimented with, more or less, 
as a feed for swine, and results show that there is comparatively 
little difference between wheat and corn in feeding value. 
Wheat contains less fibre than barley, but ground wheat alone 
can hardly be regarded as a satisfactory ration, owing to the 
fact that it is likelv to cause digestive troubles. It gives much 
better results when mixed with other meal, and combines well 
with corn. As a general thing, feeding sound wheat is out 
of the question, owing to its relatively high price. It is only 
