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Experiments in Feeding Swine. 



also required to ascertain the value of fresh whey. Finally 

 with the view of discovering a fattening food containing a 

 higher percentage of albumen, but less nitrogenous than 

 cereal fodder, dried brewers' grains were included in the 

 experiments. 



To test these various points, four pairs of pigs (each pair 

 consisting of a boar and a sow) were selected, all eight being 

 born of one sow on the 5th April, 1895, being of about 



the same strength. The experiments commenced on the 20th 

 May, the boars having been cut two days previously. For 

 the first four weeks (until the i6th June) all alike received 

 5j lbs. of skim-milk and 6J ozs. of crushed barley daily in 

 five meals. The second period (17th June to 28th July) 

 marks the transition from barley to maize and brewers' 

 grains. The individual pairs were now fed separately, and 

 in such manner that the amount of barley was diminished^ 

 week by week, the crushed maize (or brewers' grains, as the 

 case might be) being correspondingly increased. At the 

 same time potatoes and whey w^ere included in the rations. 

 The amounts given daily to each animal (in five meals) from 

 the 28th July to the 8th September were as follows : — 



Fair I. — 8*8 lbs. skim-milk, I'l lbs. scalded crushed maize, 2| lb?, potatoes. 



II.— 8-8 „ ,, uncooked ., ,, 



III.— 8-8 ,, scalded ,, 8| lbs. whey. 



,, iV. — 4'4 dried brewers' grains, 5^ potatoes. 



At the end of this period the rations were increased, and 

 were given only four times a day ; and again at the end of 

 a further six weeks' period a still larger quantity w^as given, 

 and the number of daily meals was reduced to three. The 

 milk was always given perfectly sweet, and usually mixed 

 with the other food into a mash ; the same applies to the 

 whey. The dried brewers' grains w^ere always scalded with 

 a little boiling water, and the potatoes were also boiled. A 

 little phosphate of lime was regularly mixed with the food. 

 The animals were, until the beginning of October, allowed to 

 be in the open for a few hours every day, when the weather 

 permitted, and they were weighed regularly once a week 

 until their slaughter on the 2nd and 3rd December. 



The chief conclusions drawn from comparisons of the 

 weights of the animals throughout the whole period, and 



