Fattening Pigs in the Dry Lot 



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To balance a corn ration, 1 pound of tankage will go 

 nearly as far as 2 pounds of linseed-oil meal. In the 

 above experiments the following average proportions 

 by weight were fed : 7.6 parts corn to 1 of linseed-oil 

 meal and 15.4 parts of corn to 1 of tankage. 



Linseed-oil meal versus wheat shorts or middlings. 



The feeding qualities of linseed-oil meal as compared 

 with shorts or middlings have been studied in six different 

 experiments. Only those in which the shorts rations 

 were fed in the proportion of one or more parts of shorts 

 or middlings to two of corn are included, since a smaller 

 amount does not furnish a well-balanced ration. The 

 results of these experiments, which were all with fatten- 

 ing pigs in the dry lot, are summarized in Table CXII. 



Table CXII. — Summary : Linseed-Oil Meal versus Wheat 

 Shorts or Middlings (Av. 6 Exps.) ' 



With but one exception, the pigs in these experiments 

 given the average ration of 5.33 parts of corn to 1 of 

 linseed-oil meal ate more feed and gained faster than 

 those fed the average ration of 1.13 parts of corn to 1 of 



• Ind. Exp. Sta. Bull. 137 ; Mo. Exp. Sta. Bulls. 65 and 

 67; Ohio Exp. Sta. Bull. 213. 



