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Feeds and Feeding. 



estates, in two of which Indian corn was compared with barley 

 or rye. The grains were fed against one another in equal quan- 

 tities by weight, with results given below: 



Tricds with barley or rye fed in opposition to Indian corn — Copen- 

 hagen Station. 



The gain made on corn was slightly higher than that made on 

 either barley (857) or rye, and about equal to that made on a 

 mixture of the two. The slaughter tests show that the shrinkage 

 was practically the same for the three lots. (Pom made the softest 

 pork, and also gave the largest number of carcasses in the fourth, 

 or lowest, grade. 



The experiments were continued during 1892-93. * Since the 

 quality of the pork seemed inferior when corn was fed through- 

 out the fattening period, experiments were made ta which corn 

 was fed untU the pigs of the different lots weighed 120, 140, or 

 160 pounds, after which barley was fed for grain until the close 

 of the fattening period. (919) For comparison, one lot was fed 

 barley and another corn exclusively, in each trial. Dairy refuse 

 was given in addition in all cases. The grains were substituted, 

 pound for pound, for one another in the rations fed the different 

 lots. Eesults are available from five series of experiments with 

 115 pigs in all, the trials lasting from 100 to 140 days. It was 

 found that the lots fed com all the time made somewhat heavier 



' Kept. 1895. 



