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Pork Production 



Experiment Station are shown in Table CXXXIII. In 

 each lot the grain was fed ground without a supplement 

 and in the form of a slop. 



Table CXXXIII. — Ground Rye versus Ground Corn 



Although the pigs were occasionally given lime and 

 charcoal, the gains were hardly satisfactory in either lot. 

 The corn-fed pigs gained faster, however, than the rye- 

 fed, 100 pounds of the former being equal to 102 pounds 

 of rye in the production of a unit of gain. The rye was 

 eaten with less relish and in slightly smaller amounts 

 than was the corn. Owing to the difficulty of masti- 

 cating rye successfully, it must be ground for best results. 



At the experimental substation at North Platte, Ne- 

 braska, Snyder and Burnett ^ conducted three pig-feed- 

 ing experiments in which rye was compared with wheat. 

 In two of the trials the grains were fed soaked and without 

 grinding, and in one the grains were both soaked and 

 ground. The pigs in two of the tests had access to 

 alfalfa hay in a rack, while in the other experiment the 

 grains were fed alone. The results of these three experi- 

 ments are shown in Table CXXXIV, the first part of 

 which gives the average of the two trials. 



1 Bull. 147. 



