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pigs. Despite these faults, however, rice bran gave 

 very good results in these experiments. Although the 

 rice polish was not so palatable as the corn, especially 

 in the latter stages of fattening, and although it caused 

 severe scouring when not soaked from twelve to twenty- 

 four hours before feeding, the pigs made faster and more 

 economical gains than did those fed corn chops. 



Table CXLIX. — Rice Bran and Rice Polish versus 

 Corn Chop (Av. 4 Exps.) 



Extensive studies by Duggar ^ at the Alabama Experi- 

 ment Station in which rations containing corn-meal as 

 the basis were compared with those containing rice polish 

 showed uniformly faster and usually cheaper gains 

 from the rice polish than from the corn-meal. The 

 averaged results showed 373 pounds of rice polish equiva- 

 lent to 474 pounds of corn-meal. 



Rice bran versus peanuts and corn. 



Additional evidence on the feeding value of rice bran is 

 furnished by an experiment by Burns.^ This test was 



1 Bull. 122. 2 Ibid., 131. 



