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Feeds and Feeding. 



equal parta. One lot of pigs was fed dry meal, while the meal 

 for the other lot was moistened with water after being placed in 

 the trough. 



At the Minnesota Station, i Smith conducted trials, lasting 112 

 days, with corn meal, shorts and oil meal, fed wet to one lot of 

 pigs and dry to a second lot. 



At the Oregon Station, * French fed two lots of Berkshire pigs 

 on a mixture of shorts, wheat, oats and bran. The pigs were 

 two and one-half months old at the beginning of the trial, which 

 lasted 182 days. . The grain mixture was fed dry to one lot, and 

 allowed to soak between times of feeding for the other. 



At the Missouri Station, * four lots of pigs were fed wheat and 

 wheat chop by Conner for 100 days, dry grain being used in com- 

 parison with grain that had been soaked thirty-six hours. The 

 results of these trials are summarized in the table: 



Results of feeding pigs wet and dry meal — Four Stations. 



The table shows that on the average 451 pounds of grain or 

 meal, when wet or soaked, were equal in feeding value to 483 



1 Bui. 22. ' Bui. 28. • BuL 29. 



