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DEPARTMENT BULLETIN 1492, IT. 
S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 23. — Results of feeding rice polish with supplements, followed by com and 
brewers' rice with supplements, on pasture and in dry lot — Continued 
Item 
Self-fed, free choice, on 
green-oat or rye pasture 
Iberia, 2 ex- 
periments, and 
Mississippi, 1 
experiment 
Iberia, 
1 ex- 
peri- 
ment 
Self-fed, free choice, in dry lot 
Arkansas, 2 ex- 
periments, and 
Coastal Plain, 
1 experiment 
Iberia, 1 
experiment 
Basal feed used during finishing period . 
Corn 
Brew- 
ers' 
rice 
Brew- 
ers' 
rice 
Corn 
Brew- 
ers' 
rice 
Corn 
Brew- 
ers' 
rice 
Number of pigs used 
Average initial weight pounds.. 
Average final weight do 
Average gain weight do 
Average number of days fed 
Average daily gain pounds.. 
Average feed consumed per 100 pounds gain: 
Corn pounds.. 
Brewers' rice do 
Tankage do 
Mineral mixture do 
Skim milk do 
11 
141. 09 
242. 27 
101. 18 
56 
1.81 
417. 97 
15 
146. 87 
276 
129. 13 
56 
2.31 
5 
149 
282. 60 
133. 60 
56 
2.39 
120. 37 
212. 39 
92.02 
56 
1.64 
398. 27 
17 
110. 24 
220. 36 
110. 12 
56 
1.97 
20 
124. 55 
213. 05 
88.50 
56 
1.58 
336. 78 
19 
124. 05 
224. 37 
100. 32 
55.3 
1.82 
18.33 
16.35 
385. 59 
9.81 
2 4. 61 
380.84 
2.84 
2.25 
131. 73 
32.43 
3.81 
345. 09 
11.61 
10 
5.14 
222. 94 
329. 90 
8.03 
4.88 
193. 97 
Total feed... 
Total feed on grain basis (6 pounds 
milk = l pound grain). 
442.65 
442.65 
400. 01 
400. 01 
517. 66 
407. 88 
434. 51 
434. 51 
357. 50 
357. 50 
574. 86 
389. 08 
375. 14 
Based on results from 6 hogs. 
Based on results from 10 hogs. 
Twenty-six of the 60 hogs fed rice polish, tankage, and minerals 
on oat or rye pasture were finished in two lots of 11 and 15 hogs on 
corn and brewers' rice, respectively, each with tankage, minerals, 
and oat or rye pasture. Five of the 11 hogs fed skim milk with the 
rice-polish ration on pasture during the first period were finished 
on the same feed combination, except that brewers' rice replaced the 
rice polish. 
In the dry-lot feeding, rice polish, tankage, and minerals were 
self-fed to 105 hogs during the first period of four experiments. 
Sixty-six of these were finished in three lots on corn with supple- 
ments, whereas 36 were finished on brewers' rice with supplements. 
The range of average initial weights in the several experiments 
was from 68 to 83 pounds. The average initial weight of the 176 
pigs was 72.83 pounds. 
In the summarized feeding results shown in Table 23, there are 
several consistent differences between groups worthy of mention. 
During the softening period on rice polish the lots receiving skim 
milk in addition to tankage gained at a more rapid rate. The lots 
on pasture required less feed, exclusive of pasture, than the corre- 
sponding lots in dry lot. Undoubtedly the most interesting result 
from the hardening period is the high feeding value of brewers' 
rice. The average daily gains of the lots on brewers' rice were decid- 
edly higher than the corresponding ones on corn. In two cases the 
average gains were above 2 pounds a day. 
SUMMARY 
Undesirable characteristics are found in the products of soft hogs. 
These characteristics are attributable to a lack of firmness in the fat. 
