Value of Varioits Feeding Stuffs fot Figs. 



561 



It will be seen that the pigs fed sheaf wheat consumed about 

 one-half as much grain as did the other lot and made only one- 

 third the gain. French reports that the pigs fed sheaf wheat 

 worked from three to four hours daily in separating the grain 

 from the straw, and the table shows that even with this exertion 

 they were not able to secure sufficient feed to permit rapid gains. 



854. Middlings. — At the "Wisconsin Station, i the writer fed three 

 lots of three pigs each on com meal and middlings, giving the 

 first corn meal, the second middlings, and the third a mixture of 

 the two, equal parts. 



At the Missouri Agricultural College, ' Sanborn conducted two 

 trials with middlings in comparison with corn and com meal. 

 The results of these trials are summarized below: 



Comparative value of middlings and corn m^al for pig feeding — 

 Wisconsin Station and Missouri Agricultural College. 



Station and feed. 



Wisconsin Station. 



Lot I, com meaL 



Lot II, middlings 



Lot III, equal parts middlings and 

 com meal 



Missouri College. 



Lot L com meal 



Lot II, middlings „.... 



Missouri College. 



Lot I, com 



Lot II, middlings 



Days 

 fed. 



42 

 42 



42 



116 

 116 



46 

 46 



Feed 

 eaten. 



Lbs. 



559 

 601 



470 



1,612 

 t,624 



397 

 334 



GJain. 



Lbs. 



104 

 96 



107 



250 

 252 



79 

 91 



Peed for 



100 lbs. 



gain. 



Lbs. 



537 

 522 



439 



645 

 605 



502 

 367 



In these trials middlings proved superior to com, Sanborn's 

 second trial showing a remarkably high value for this feed. This 

 investigator, commenting* on this by-product of wheat milling, 

 writes: "The economy of ship-stuff (middlings) compared with 

 com has been noted by me every year for seven years, the figures 

 of which are as 108 to 100." 



The economy of feeding middlings and com meal in combina- 

 tion instead of separately is shown in the Wisconsin trial, where 



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