ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 315 



In the above trial, Lot V, fed shelled corn and wheat mid- 

 dlings, with access to rape pasture, gained 741 pounds, and con- 

 sumed 3,630 pounds of grain, or 490 pounds of grain for 100 

 pounds of gain. As the table shows, sow 335 made poor gains. 

 Although the lightest pig in the bunchy she was apparently in 

 good, thrifty condition at the beginning of the experiment. As 

 the feeding progressed, she was taken lame in her feet, her ap- 

 petite was poor, and her weekly gains were correspondingly 

 small. Had she gained proportionately with the others, the 

 total gain of the lot would have been 63 pounds greater. 



Lot VL fed corn meal and wheat middlings, with access to 

 rape pasture, gained 909 pounds, and consumed 3,630 pounds 

 of grain, or 399 pounds of grain for 100 pounds of gain. 



The lot getting corn meal consumed the same number of 

 pounds of grain, but gained 168 pounds more than the shelled 

 corn lot, producing a 100 pounds of gain on 91 pounds less 

 feed than the lot getting shelled corn. 



Summary of Feeding Trials at This Station, Covering a Period of Ten 



Years, in Which One Lot of Fattening Pigs Received Shelled 



Corn, and Another Corn Meal. 



For the past ten years, this Station has been testing the 

 value of feeding whole corn, in comparison with corn meal, as 

 the main portion of the ration, for fattening pigs. During 

 this period, eighteen trials have been made and the results pub- 

 lished from year to year. The work of the past year, with a 

 summary for the entire period, will complete the work of com- 

 paring whole corn with corn meal for fattening pigs, so far as 

 this Station is concerned. 



In this experiment it has been the aim to use sufficient ani- 

 mals and to extend the feeding trials through a series of years, 

 in order to make the results reliable and reasonably conclusive. 

 The 280 pigs used in this experiment belonged to various 

 breeds, cross-breeds, and grades, as follows: Poland-China, 91; 

 Berkshire, 52 ; Duroc-Jersey, 2 ; Yorkshire, 2 ; grade Poland- 

 China, 2 ; grade Berkshire, 11 ; grade Chester White, 13 ; cross- 

 bred Poland-China-Berkshire, 65 ; cross-bred Poland-China- 



