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Both lots were fed twice daily. The feed was weighed at 

 the beginning of each week, and what was left over was weigh- 

 ed back at the end of the week. Each pig was weighed weekly. 

 The results are given in the following tables : — 



Table VI. — Results of Feeding Whole Corn, in Comparison with Corn 

 Meal, to Fattening Pigs. 



Lot V. — Fed Shelled Corn, Wheat Middlings and Dwarf Essex Rape. 



Feed Eaten 



Wheat B* S** S B BE 



Shelled Mid- 334 335 320 330 325 324 Total 



„^ . , ^ ^ ^ . . , Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



Weight at beginning, July 3 182 156 192 167 225 210 1132 



Feed eaten and gain — 



1st week 100 50 7 7 7 4 7 8 40 



2d week 150 75 13 4 3 6 10 10 46 



3d week 150 75 10 3 14 9 10 14 60 



4th week 150 75 6 5 4 5 6 6 32 



5th week 150 75 16 15 14 20 17 16 98 



6th week 200 100 9 11 6 4 7 37 



7th week 200 100 7 9 11 10 14 9 60 



8th week 200 100 5 8 11 10 13 11 58 



9th week 200 100 —10 6 13 14 13 23 59 



10th week 220 110 11 20 13 13 11 68 



nth week 235 115 12 1 5 14 18 12 62 



12th week 235 115 1 9 15 13 14 19 62 



13th week 235 115 16 1 10 7 8 5 50 



Total 285 227 330 298 372 361 1873 



Feed eaten and gain 2425 1205 100 71 138 131 147 151 741 



* B.— Barrow. ** S. — Sow. 



