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Pig-Feeding Experiments. 



[Jan., 



With a view to assisting in such cases, the Ministry 

 (3, St. James's Square, London, S.W.I) has made arrange- 

 ments for supplying details of the tithe rentchar^e charged on 

 any property on being furnished with a plan, preferably on a 

 scale Ordnance Sheet, with the existing boundaries of the 

 property clearly and accurately defined thereon by an edging of 

 colour. For this service a uniform search charge will be made 

 amounting to 5s. if the property does not exceed 10 acres, 10s. 

 if it exceeds 10 acres but does not exceed 30 acres, and a further 

 5s. for every additional 30 acres or part of 30 acres, irrespective 

 of whether one or more tithe apportionments and tithe maps 

 may have to be consulted. For example, the cost of supplying 

 details of the tithe rentcharge on 300 acres of land will be lOs, 

 plus nine times 5s., that is, £2 15s. 



The Value of Whey in Feeding Pigs. — Experiments have been 

 carried out recently at Eeading University College Farm to deter- 

 p. _ mine the value of whey in feeding pigs, and 



° it has been demonstrated that pigs fed on 



Experiments. whey and whey constituents, and having 

 access to grass, will thrive to a much greater degree than those 

 kept under the usual sty conditions and fed on swill, etc., both 

 in regard to appearance and quality of their flesh. These experi- 

 ments suggest that whey contains an insufficiency of fat-soluble 

 vitamine A. to allow excess for storage in the fat. and that grass 

 or green food makes up for the deficiency. 



Eesults show that young pigs fed on grass and toppings for 

 a period of 84 days increased on the average 49 lb. in live weight, 

 whereas similar pigs fed with whey, grass and toppings for the 

 same period made an average hve weight increase of 72 lb. 



These experiments tend generally to substantiate what has 

 for a long time past been the opinion of cheesemakers through- 

 out the country — namely, that very considerable advantage can 

 be gained by the feeding of whey to pigs. 



Pigs and the Fat-Soluhle Factor. — Another experiment at 

 Eeading T"'^niversity College Farm has recently been carried out 

 with the object of ascertaining the influence of the fat-soluble 

 factor on the growth of pigs. Four animals were employed, 

 divided into two groups. Group 1 was placed on a diet containing 

 the fat-soluble factor, and Group 2 was kept on a diet rigorously 

 restricted in that factor. The test was carried out over a period 

 of five months, and further experiments are in progress. 



