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ment skim-milk was fed as a supplement, and in the 

 Nebraska experiment access to alfalfa hay was given. 

 The results of these are averaged and reported in Table 

 CXXVII. 



Table CXXVII. — Whole Wheat (dry) versus Shelled 

 Corn (dry) (Av. 2 Exps.) 



In both these experiments, better results were obtained 

 with shelled corn than with whole wheat. The fact 

 that wheat is hard to masticate, that it tends to become 

 gummy and form a pasty mass when chewed, is probably 

 responsible for its poor showing in these tests. 



Table CXXVIII. — Ground Wheat versus Ground Corn 

 (Av. 6 Exps.) 



To determine the relative merits of ground wheat 

 and ground corn, fed as a thick slop, the averaged results 

 of six experiments conducted at the Missouri,' Ohio,* 

 ' Weaver, BuU. 136. " Eastwood, Bull. 268. 



