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to produce a unit of gain with ear-corn than with corn-meal 

 either dry or soaked. A study of the individual experi- 

 ments shows this to have been the case particularly when 

 lighter pigs were fed. In four of the experiments in 

 which 48-pound pigs were used, the gains were both 

 more rapid and economical on ear-corn than on either 

 ration containing corn-meal. Considering both rate 

 and economy of gains, soaked shelled corn was the most 

 profitable ration fed. 



Based on observations made during the progress of the 

 experiments and the final results, the authors made the 

 following deductions : Young pigs masticate whole corn 

 more thoroughly than do older hogs. Young pigs do not 

 relish dry corn-meal as do older hogs. Soaking corn is 

 more advantageous for 200-pound hogs when on pasture 

 than when in the dry lot. Shelled corn soaked twelve 

 hours is better than that soaked twenty-four hours. 

 Hogs under 200 pounds in weight made the most economi- 

 cal gains when their corn was fed in the form of dry ear- 

 corn, although shelled corn soaked in water twelve hours 

 made slightly faster gains. Hogs over 200 pounds in 

 weight made more economical gains on shelled corn soaked 

 in water twelve hours than on dry ear-corn or corn-meal 

 in either form, and the gains on soaked shelled corn 

 were nearly as rapid as on any of the other forms in which 

 corn was fed. The amount of corn saved by shelling 

 and soaking for hogs of this weight varied from 4.1 per 

 cent to 7.4 per cent, being highest for hogs on pasture. 



Ear-corn versus shelled corn versus ground corn. 



At the Indiana Experiment Station, King ^ conducted 

 a series of eight feeding experiments during 1911 and 

 ' Proc. Am. Society Animal Production, 1914. 



