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nection with the corn some food rich in pro- 

 tein and ash. The following table, from the 

 eleventh annual report of the Wisconsin sta- 

 tion, contains in concise shape much valuable 

 information bearing on the question of amount 

 of food required to produce 100 lbs. of pork. It 

 is to be noted here that corn is the important 

 grain factor in these rations: 



KIND OP FOOD. 



Whole corn 



Corn-meal 



Corn-meal 



Barley meal 



Sborts 



Sweet skim-mllk 



^ corn-m,eal, H shorts (dry) 

 }4 corn-meal, ^ shortsCwet) 



Corn-meal and sMm-milk.. 

 Corn-meal and skim-mllk. . 

 Corn-meal and sklm-mllk.. 



Food required 



Jor 100 lbs. 



gain. 



784 lbs, 

 534 lbs. 

 517 lbs. 

 567 lbs. 

 525 Ihs. 

 1,877 lbs. 

 531 lbs. 



431 lbs. 



J 147 meal 



^ 892 milk 



379 meal 



189 milk 



432 meal 

 216 milk 



By this table it will be seen that far less corn 

 and shorts were required to make 100 lbs. of 

 gain than where corn was fed alone, and the 

 showing is much better than that made by 

 corn-meal alone. The first ration also has the 

 advantage of being much the cheapest of the 

 three. 



The practice obtains to a large extent of feed- 

 ing steers corn on the ear and letting pigs fol- 

 low after and feed on the grain which passes 

 through the steers undigested. Where steers 

 are thus fed this is unquestionably the most 

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