168 RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN SWINE FEEDING 



It is unsafe to make comparisons of the ilifFcrent rations, 

 but the table fails to show any advantage of the I^o. 1 frozen 

 wheat over the Ko. 2. 



The most remarkable feature of the experiment is the 

 uniformly good results obtained with all the groups, indicating 

 frozen wheat to l)c a. valuable feed for swine. 



The same would iirol)ably be found of wheat slightly 

 affected with smut disease, and of otherwise shrunken wheat. 

 (Fig. 42.) 



Frozen Wheat vs. Barley. — At tlie Ontario Agricultural 

 College, the writer fed three lots of pigs to oom})are frozen 



Fig. 42. — Good plump wheat at the left; a poor type at the right, with narrow shriveled 

 kernels, suitable for hog feed. 



wheat with barh'y. The frozen wjicat tested only -t^^Vl; pounds 

 jX'r bushel. 



Lot 1 contained IS ]>igs and was fed ground barley and 

 wheat middlings. 



Lot 2 contained 20 pigs and was fed ground frozen wheat 

 and wheat middlings. 



Lot ■'> contained IS pigs and was fed ground barley and 

 frozen wheat, e(|ual jiarts, with middlings. 



The ]n'oporti(>n (ti middlings varied, being reduced as the 

 experiment pi'ogi'cssed, but was the same for all lots. 



The ]iigs in lot 1 averaged -11 pounds in weight at the 

 start, lot 2, .37.7 jiounds, and lot o, .5d..5 pounds. 



Lot 1 made an average daily gain per pig of 1.08 pounds, 

 lot 2, 1.1 pounds, and lot 3, 1.18 pounds. 



