Danish Pig -feeding Experiments. 



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gains, the average daily increase being .04 pounds per head 

 higher, as shown below: 



Feeding pigs on com, and finishing them with barley — Copenhagen 



Station. 



Barley 

 only. 



Com to 

 120 lbs. 



Com to 

 140 lbs. 



Com to 

 160 lbs. 



Com 

 only. 



Av. wt. at beginning. 



Av. daily gain, live weight ... 



Lbs. 



46 

 1.10 



Lbs. 



49 

 1.09* 



Lbs. 



46 

 1.14 



Lbs. 



45 

 1.10* 



Lbs. 



46 

 1.14 



♦Average for four trials. 



The tests and data obtained at slaughtering time furnished val- 

 uable information concerning the quality of the pork produced, 

 as summarized in the table below: 



Average results at slaughtering time of pigs fed barley or corn — 

 Copenhagen Station. 



Exclusive barley feeding gave pork of the highest quality, (178) 

 while exclusive corn feeding produced a poor quality. The pork 

 increased in softness the longer the pigs were fed corn, the lowest 

 quality resulting where corn was fed all the time. (135) 



895. Grain compared with rye shorts.^ — In comparing rye and 

 barley, or rye alone, with rye shorts in three series of experi- 

 ments, the grain alone always produced better results than equal 

 mixtures of grain and rye shorts, and these mixtures were again 

 better than rye shorts alone. The daily gains made were .77 

 pounds for barley or rye alone, .70 pounds for grain and rye shorts 

 mixed half and half, .61 pounds for rye shorts only, in one series 



* Kept. 19, 1890. 

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