CHAPTER XII. 



THE FEEDING VALUE OF SKIM-MILK. 



The feeding value of skim-milk has been in- 

 vestigated by many of our agricultural experi- 

 ment stations and by some other reliable au- 

 thorities. The conclusions reached are all so 

 favorable that it is not necessary to give much 

 space to a discussion of the subject here. 



Some Feeding Tests with Pigs.^Many years 

 ago Ex-Gov. W. D. Hoard of Wisconsin made 

 an experiment feeding sweet skim-milk to pigs 

 weighing 100 pounds each and costing 4% 

 ceaits per pound. They were fed 56 days on 

 clear skim-milk and then sold. The growth of 

 the pigs during this time, figured at 4% cents . 

 per pound, paid 22% cents per 100 pounds for 

 the skim-milk fed to them. 



0. P. Goodrich, Ft. Atkinson, Wis., at one 

 time fed a bunch of six months old pigs weigh- 

 ing 125 pounds each. They were divided into 

 three lots as nearly equal as possible. Lot I 

 was fed on sikim-milk and made 5 pounds' 

 growth from 100 pounds of skim-milk. Lot II 

 was fed entirely upon corn and made 10 pounds' 



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