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ration produced relatively low gains in live weight, and the bodies 

 of the pigs were abnormal as regards the development of the 

 skeleton, muscles, and internal organs. The amount of blood for 

 each 100 pounds of dressed carcass of the corn-fed pigs was greatly 

 decreased below normal. The tenderloin and other muscles were 

 relatively light, the proportion of internal fat and that stored within 



Fig. 76 



Fie. 77 



Figs. 76 and 77. — Cuts of pigs fed for "fat and for lean"; Fig. 76 shows the disposition 

 of fat and lean in the necks of the pigs, and Fig. 77 the fat and the lean of the loin or smal 1 

 of the back of the pigs. A, fed for lean; B, fed for fat. Note the large size of the individual 

 muscles of the protein-fed pigs over those fed carbohydrates. Corn should be supplemented 

 by clover, shorts, peas, skim milk, and similar feeds to bring the best results in feeding pigs. 

 (Wisconsin Station.) 



the muscular tissue was abnormally high, and the strength of the 

 bones of the corn-fed pigs was greatly diminished, resulting, in 

 general, in a weakly animal that would fall an easy prey to disease 

 and accidents. 



The' lesson brought out by these and other experiments along 

 this line is that young animals must receive a feed or a com- 



