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Feeds and Feeding. 



The table indicates that Kaffir-corn meal falls from seventeen to 

 twenty-nine per cent, below corn meal in value for pig feeding. 

 This grain, though rich in carbohydrates, lacks protein, and is 

 therefore not suitable for feeding alone to young pigs. The ad- 

 vantage of adding some substance rich in protein to the ration of 

 corn or Kaffir com is shown la the last trial, where the soja-bean 

 meal materially increased the daily gain of the pigs, and cut down 

 the requirements of feed for 100 pounds of gain in a marked de- 

 gree. It is probable that if Kaffir corn were boiled it would prove 

 more satisfactory in pig feeding, as was shown to be the case with 

 pigeon-grass seed. (195, 863) 



862. Buckwheat. — At the Ottawa Station, > Eobertson fed lots 

 of five pigs each on ground buckwheat and ground wheat, the 

 trial lasting 77 days. A second trial with six pigs in each lot 

 was conducted for 140 days. For half the ration one lot received 

 ground buckwheat, the other ground wheat; the other half of 

 the ration consisted of ground barley, rye and wheat, and wheat 

 bran. In all trials the meal was soaked thirty hours before feed- 

 ing. The results were as follows: 



Feeding buchwheeU in comparison with wheat and mixed grain — 



Ottawa Station. 



This shows that though buckwheat has a high value it does 

 not quite equal wheat as a feed for pigs. Six per cent, more grain 

 was required in the buckwheat mixture than in the wheat mixture 

 for 100 pounds of gain. (192) 



' Eepta. 1894-96. 



