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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Chemical Department from samples submitted near the middl 

 of the feeding period. 



Table I. — Condition of tlie Corn Meal Used in Trials in Feeding Whole 

 Corn, in Comparison with Corn Meal, to Fattening Pigs. 



Mechanical. Per 



(Showing fineness of grinding) cent 

 Passed through sieve 20 



meshes to the inch 19.0 



Passed through sieve 16 



meshes to the inch 5.|7 



Passed through sieve 12 



meshes to the inch 27.7 



Passed through sieve 8 



meshes to the inch 25.9 



Portion too coarse to pass 



through sieve 8 meshes to 



the inch 21.7 



100.00 



Per 



Chemical. cen 



Moisture 13.95 



Protein 9.13 



Ether extract (fat) 3.26 



Crude fiber .* 1.46 



Nitrogen free extract 70.65 



Ash 1.55 



100.00 



The pigs were weighed weekly. The feeding period lasted 

 twelve weeks, and results obtained are recorded in the follow- 

 ing tables : — 



