CHAPTER XIX. 



CORN. 



Pounds of Pork from a Bushel of Com. — ^As in nearly all 



live-stock investigations, wide variations have occurred in con- 

 nection with this apparently simple problem. Farmers have 

 been asked to report results through the agricultural papers, 

 and numerous results have been obtained from experiment sta- 

 tions. Professor Robbins, of the Iov?a Experiment Station, 

 presents a very concise summing up of the question in the 

 columns of The Breeder's Gazette, where he gives the following 

 table : 



Number 



of 



tests. 



Number 



of 



bogs. 



Number 



of days 



fed. 



Average 

 weight 

 of bogs 

 at start 



Gain 

 per day 



Corn for 



100 lbs. 



gain. 



Gain 



per 



bushel 



of corn. 



Farmers 



Experiment stations 

 Farmers and experi- 

 ment stations 



18 

 26 



322 



144 



56 

 79 



lbs. 

 157 

 149 



lbs. 

 1.09 

 1.09 



lbs. 

 644 

 548 



lbs. 

 10.3 

 10.2 



10.25 



The results given in the table are from tests where only 

 whole com was fed, no supplementary feeds or pasture being 

 used. The results from farmers and experiment stations agree 

 very closely, and confirm the general belief that hogs on full 

 feed of whole com should gain about one pound per day, and 

 make ten poimds of pork from a bushel of com. This is not 

 a large return from a bushel of corn, but the method of feeding 

 is not the most economical. 



Whole Corn vs. Ground Corn — The Wisconsin Experi- 

 ment Station has conducted exhaustive experiments with whole 

 com and ground corn for fattening 'swine. The experiments 



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