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Feeding Pigs on Maize. 



[dec., 



until certified to be free from tuberculosis. If an animal proves 

 to be affected with tuberculosis it is to be destroyed. The 

 owner may, however, have the option of returning or re-shipping 

 the animal, in which case it must be taken direct from the 

 quarantine station to the vessel. 



The reason given for the amendment of the original Act is 

 that it has been found that animals have arrived in Natal 

 accompanied by certificates signed by veterinary surgeons, 

 and on being tested in Natal have been found to be affected 

 with tuberculosis. As such veterinary certificates do not 

 constitute a sufficient safe-guard to the colony, it is con- 

 sidered necessary that all imported cattle should be tested 

 with tuberculin. It is optional to the Minister of Agriculture 

 whether cattle imported by land shall be tested or not. These 

 regulations do not apply to cattle imported solely for purposes 

 of slaughter* 



For the past ten years the Wisconsin Experiment Station 

 has been testing the value of feeding maize in comparison with 



maize meal (as the main portion of the 

 Feeding Pigs on Maize ration) for fattening pigs. During this 

 and Maize Meal. period eighteen trials have been made 



with 280 pigs belonging to various breeds. 

 The amount of food required to produce 100 lb. of gain varied 

 from 360 lb. to 820 lb. The poorest gains were made when 

 maize alone was fed to young pigs averaging 84 lb. in weight 

 at the beginning of the trial. This emphasizes what is a 

 common experience among pig breeders, that an exclusive 

 diet of maize is not desirable and is especially to be avoided with 

 young pigs. ' The evil effects of this kind of food were shown in 

 diminished appetite and gains, and in the large amount of feed 

 required to produce 100 lb. of gain. 



* Live Stock import regulations have been published in this Journal for the 

 following countries: — United States, Sept., 1906 and Sept., 1907 ; Argentina, Jan., 

 1905, April, 1905, Oct., 1905, and June, 1906;- New South Wales, April, 1905; 

 Germany, May, 1905 ; New Zealand, June, 1905 ; South Australia, July, 1905 ; 

 France, Aug., 1905; Belgium, Sept., 1905; Uruguay, Oct., 1905; Victoria, Nov., 

 1905 ; Spain, Dec, 1905 ; Queensland, Jan., 1906 ; Western Australia, Feb., 1906; 

 Tasmania, March, 1906 ; Transvaal, June, 1906; Ceylon, Cape Colony, Sept., 1906; 

 Holland, Malta, Oct., 1906; Natal, Austria-Hungary, Nov., 1906; Russia, Hungary, 

 Dec, 1906 ; Iceland, Italy, India, Feb., 1907 ; Isle of Man (sheep), Ireland, March, 

 1907 ; Canada, Isle of Man (swine), Jamaica, April, 1907 ; Norway, Sweden, Isle of 

 Man (sheep), July, 1907 ; Great Britain (horses), Nov., 1907. 



