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Feeds and Feeding. 



439 pounds of the corn-middlings mixture proved as valuable aa 

 522 of middlings or 537 of com meal when fed Bei)arately. While 

 middlings were superior to com when fed alone, a combination 

 of the two proved twenty per cent, more economical than mid- 

 dlings alone. (107, 174) 



855. Wheat bran compared with middlings. — At the Maine Sta- 

 tion, 1 Jordan fed pigs, weighing 200 pounds each, with bran and 

 skira milk in one case, and middlings and skim milk in another, 

 the trial lasting seventy-two days, with results as below: 



Lot A fed: Gain. 



i.tll^Z^^SlSg} "»p°-<i- 



Lot B fed: 

 l.t^'^o^SS^s'SSmilk} S^PO-"^ 



The results show that with the same allowance of feed the mid- 

 dlings were twice as valuable as the bran. (174—3, 896) 



856. Bran with corn for pig feeding. — At the Alabama Station^ * 

 Duggar fed Essex pigs com and an equal mixture of com and 

 wheat bran for a period of sixteen weeks, there being three piga 

 on each feed. The results are shown in the following table: 



The two trials just reported show that wheat bran cannot suc- 

 cessfully be used in large amount in pig feeding, especially with 

 young animals. This fact is doubtless due to the coarse, fibrous 

 character of bran and the large percentage of inert matter it 

 carries. 



857. Barley meal. — To ascertain the value of barley for pig 

 feeding the writer conducted trials at the Wisconsin Station' in 



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