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Pork Prodiwtion 



CLVIII comparable results have been brought together 

 so that the evidence furnished by these experiments 

 would be more clear for practical interpretation. 



Table CLVIII. — Summary : Value op Condimental Stock 

 Foods for Fattening Pigs 



The averaged results from the six experiments in 

 which corn alone was compared to corn with a stock- 

 food added, showed that the latter increased the rate 

 of gain 7.03 per cent and reduced the total amount of 

 feed (including the stock-food) required for a given gain 

 by 4.57 per cent. The actual money cost of producing 

 100 pounds of gain, however, was 27 cents less for those 

 fed the ration of corn alone. 



In two of the experiments, a balanced ration was com- 

 pared with the same ration with a stock-food added. In 

 this case the balanced ration without the stock-food pro- 

 duced 5.79 per cent faster gains, required 1.22 per cent 

 less feed for a unit of gain, and produced 100 pounds of 

 increase at a saving of 98 cents. 



