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Table CXXXIV. — Rte versus Wheat 



In all cases the wheat gave better results than the rye, 

 especially when both were ground. Averaging the results 

 from all three trials, 100 pounds of wheat proved equal to 

 116 pounds of rye in the production of a given gain. The 

 rate of gain, also, was approximately 35 per cent faster 

 on the wheat than on the rye rations. 



According to Henry and Morrison,^ extensive experi- 

 ments in Denmark have shown rye meal to be slightly 

 less valuable than corn-meal, and about equal to barley 

 meal in the production of pork. The bacon from rye- 

 fed pigs was good, though not so satisfactory as when 

 it was fed in combination with other grains. Rye bran 

 and rye middlings, on the other hand, produced bacon 

 of a very inferior quality. 



OATS 



Although oats are an excellent feed for brood sows 

 and other hogs not receiving full fattening rations, they 



1 "Feeds and Feeding," 1915. 



