172 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 
and fattening pigs. Without going into details, it may be 
stated that an exclusive ration of beans is uot regarded as 
satisfactory. For growing pigs, a ration consisting of three 
parts beans and four parts corn meal did not prove so satis- 
factory as a mixture of two parts beans, two parts wheat 
middlings, and three parts corn meal. The last-named mix- 
ture gave an average daily gain per pig of about one and one- 
third. pounds per day, which is regarded as satisfactory. 
Three trials of beans compared with equal parts beans 
and corn meal were made with fattening hogs. The results 
of the three trials are briefly swnmarized in the following 
table: 
| Fed equal 
Fed 
“dove.” aig Beans 
lbs. ! lbs. 
Average live weight of hogs.............. 163 159 
Average daily gain per hog............... 1.1 1.52 
Average feed consumed per 100 pounds 
Galitign can tone ire ate yaine Usenet pel: 42009 | 4064 
The addition of corn meal increased the efficiency of the 
ration about 344 per cent. 
The relative cost of the two feeds and the cost of cooking 
would have to be considered by the feeder in coming to a 
decision regarding the ceonomy of the rations, 
Wheat Middlings.—Wheat middling:, frequently called 
is one of the very best feeds for young pigs. Tt is 
is > 
shorts,’ 
rich in bone- and iusele-forming constituents, and does not 
tend to make growing pigs too fat. Its value as a supplement 
to corn has already been noted, and it combincs well with 
almost any kind of meal. As a single feed for fattening, it 
is not economical, but it is conducive to thrift and growth 
when used as a part of a meal ration for fattening pigs. The 
