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In the table given above the cob has been deducted from 

 the figures for corn-and-cob meal, so that the actual com is 

 compared in all cases. 



It cost 6 cents per bushel to grind the corn-and-cob meal, 

 and 2 cents per bushel to grind com meal. The results of the 

 test were regarded as so conclusive against corn-and-cob meal 

 that no further tests were made. 



The Missouri Experiment Station also gives a decidedly 

 adverse report upon feeding corn-and-cob meal to hogs, but 

 Kansas and ISTew Hampshire report in its favor. 



Gluten Meal. — The Central Experimental Farm, Canada, 

 reports unfavorably upon gluten meal as a feed for swine. 

 J. H. Grisdale says regarding it: " Gluten has been fed in 

 limited quantities, but has not proven very satisfactory for 

 either bacon production, young pigs, or breeding stock. It 

 seems to be rather unpalatable, and produces soft bacon." 



The Cornell Station also gives an unfavorable report of this 

 feed as compared with com when both feeds were fed with 

 skim-milk. ■ 



Linseed Meal (Oil Meal). — Linseed meal has been already 

 referred to under supplementary feeds with com. It is seldom 

 advisable to feed linseed m.eal to a greater extent than one-fifth 

 of the total meal ration, and, as a rule, half this quantity will 

 be found more economical. It is highly recommended by 

 some as a feed for nursing sows, and for young pigs after 

 weaning. The writer has had only fair success in its use as a 

 substitute for skim-milk with young pigs. 



In experiments with substitutes for skim-milk for young 

 pigs, the Central Experimental Farm, Canada, obtained an 

 average daily gain of six-tenths of a pound per pig with a 

 mixture consisting of four parts wheat middlings and one part 

 linseed meal. It required 280 pounds of the mixture for 100 



