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produce the best results. If a young pig on full feed will 

 eat more of ground grain than of whole grain, that is, if 

 the ground grain is more palatable than the whole grain, 

 and if a pig of such an age already eats enough of whole 

 grain, then the ground grain under such conditions, would 

 be a decided disadvantage, for the pig would eat too much. 

 However, if he were given the right quantity grinding 

 would then be an advantage because the ration would be 

 more palatable and would be eaten with greater relish. 

 In other words, the pig would be more hungry when leav- 

 ing the trough, consequently would use what he had 

 eaten to better advantage than if he were fed the same 

 feed in such form that his appetite was satisfied when 

 he had finished eating. 



Later in life the pig, when ordinarily he eats too small 

 a quantity, if the ration can be made more palatable by 

 grinding, it is much better because the quantity of feed 

 eaten at this time is an important factor. The more a pig 

 may be induced to eat and to eat with relish, after pass- 

 ing the time during which he can eat too much, the 

 greater and more economical will be the gains that he 

 will make. 



Effect on Water Supply. — Another influence of consid- 

 erable magnitude in the grinding of grain is in the amount 

 of water supplied to the pig. During the winter, when 

 the pig ordinarily does not drink enough water, he may 

 be directly benefited by ground grain because this is 

 usually fed in the form of a slop. Thus the pig is com- 

 pelled to drink water and take more nearly the right 

 quantity. 



Hard and Small Seeds. — Thus it is seen that while the 

 grinding of grain may not have any influence in itself, 

 it does exert considerable influence in various directions 



