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Pork Production 



is altogether unnecessary. The composition of green 

 forage makes this seem reasonable. In the second 

 Nebraska experiment, 5 per cent of tankage with corn 

 proved as efficient as 10 per cent. 



Supplements for pigs on winter rye. 



Two experiments at the Kentucky Experiment Station 

 were calculated to answer the question as to whether 

 it was necessary to feed a nitrogenous supplement with 

 corn to young pigs on winter rye. The pigs in both trials 

 averaged about 48 pounds at the beginning. The experi- 

 ments began in November and closed in May and April, 

 respectively. 



Table LXXII. — Corn Alone versus Corn and Soybeans 

 OB Tankage poe Pigs on Winter Rte ' 



In these experiments it was profitable to feed the 

 soybeans and tankage. Although young rye is very 

 rich in its content of protein, the quantity of forage 

 eaten on the dry matter basis, especially during the 



' Good : Ky. E.xp. Sta. BuU. 175. 



