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12 medium-soft and soft carcasses, a distribution almost identical 
with the results on the entire number. The results indicate that a more 
extended feeding period on corn will be necessary to get more nearly 
uniform production of hard and medium-hard carcasses, when pigs 
with initial weights of approximately 80 pounds are fed eight weeks 
on rice bran. 
FEEDING RESULTS FROM RICE BRAN WITH TANKAGE FOLLOWED BY CORN WITH TANKAGE 
Feeding results from the hardening period on corn with tankage and 
other supplements have been summarized for the five experiments 
just discussed under the subject of hardening results. The feeding 
results from the rice-bran period of these same experiments were 
given in Table 18. 
The results as shown in Table 20 cover a total of 51 hogs. This 
includes a number of animals not reported in the summary of harden- 
ing results because their initial weights were outside the range of 
50 to 114 pounds. The gains during the 56-day feeding period were 
all very satisfactory, and in most cases in marked contrast with those 
made during the preceding period on the rice-bran ration. Likewise, 
the feed consumption per 100 pounds of gain showed very satisfactory 
utilization. There was no consistent difference between the pasture 
and dry-lot experiments in the gains or feed utilization. These 
results indicate that the rice bran had no lasting ill effects on the 
rate of growth and the feed requirements, especially in view of the 
great improvement noted in the dry-lot group, when changed to the 
corn ration. 
Table 20. — Results from feeding corn with tankage following rice bran with 
tankage, in dry lot and on pasture 
Item 
Self-fed, free choice, on 
green-oat or rye pas- 
ture 
Mississippi Iberia 
Self-fed, free choice, in 
dry lot 
Arkansas 
Iberia 
Number of experiments 
Number of pigs 
Average initial weight pounds- 
Average final weight do.-. 
Average gain do... 
Average number days fed days. 
Average daily gain pounds. 
Feed consumed per 100 pounds gain: 
Shelled corn do... 
Tankage do... 
Mineral mixture do... 
Skim milk do... 
Total feed do.... 
Total on grain basis (6 pounds skim milk per 1 
pound grain) pounds 
124. 40 
229.00 
104. 60 
56.00 
1.87 
430. 21 
10.13 
15.00 
445. 34 
445.34 
140. 63 
234. 50 
93.87 
56.00 
1.68 
379. 76 
5.33 
7.06 
187. 48 
579. 63 
423.40 
2 
19 
102. 63 
211. 27 
108.64 
56.00 
1.94 
382. 48 
20.27 
.56 
403. 31 
403. 31 
1 
19 
148. 37 
253. 21 
104.84 
56.00 
1.88 
451. 51 
9.44 
5.62 
167. 67 
634. 24 
494.52 
Estimated. 
G. RICE POLISH WITH NONSOFTENING SUPPLEMENTS, FOLLOWED BY CORN AND 
BREWERS* RICE WITH NONSOFTENING SUPPLEMENTS 
Kesults from the feeding of rice polish with tankage and additional 
supplements, which were reported in Department Bulletin 1407 (4) 
showed that this ration produced soft carcasses when pigs were 
