FISH MEAL AS A STOCK AND POULTRY FOOD. 15 
Lot 5. — Ration: 9 parts corn meal, 1 part tankage — Continued. 
Daily gain per pig dollars. . 2. 00 
Total grain fed do 910 
Average grain eaten per pig daily do 8. 13 
Grain per 100 pounds gain. . . do 462 
Cost of 100 pounds gain dollars. . 6. 76 
The lot fed corn meal, middlings, and fish meal during the finishing period 
did not consume as much feed as the lot fed corn and fish meal or the lot fed 
corn meal and tankage. The cost of producing 100 pounds grain in the lot fed 
corn meal, middlings, and fish meal was 72 cents less than in the case of the lot 
fed corn meal and tankage ; both lots, however, were about equal with respect 
to the average gain per pig during this period. The lot fed 9 parts of corn 
meal and 1 part of fish meal made a better showing than either of the other 
lots in the rate of gain, pounds of feed fed per 100 pounds gain, and the cost 
of 100 pounds gain. 
CONCLUSIONS. 
From this experiment the conclusion is justified that fish meal is a very 
effective supplement to a grain ration for pigs. Hogs relish it and are extremely 
fond of it, principally because, like tankage, it is a flesh product. 
In this experiment fish meal was superior -to tankage in all comparisons, 
although the average daily gains and rate of gains in all three lots used in 
the experiment were exceptionally good. 
Where fish meal can be obtained conveniently at a reasonable price and in 
suitable quantity it has a very considerable value in hog feeding. 
The results of these feeding tests, which were highly satisfactory 
in all respects, indicate the value of fish meal as a supplementary 
feed. 
The pigs which were fed fish meal received it during the growing 
period at the rate of 0.5 pound per head per day, and during the fat- 
tening period they received this meal at the rate of 0.85 pound per 
head per day. They made greater gains and at a less cost than those fed 
a ration containing tankage as a supplement. The animals relished 
the fish meal and maintained a thrifty growth, and were never off 
their feed during the entire time of the test period. 
The pen of hens was fed on fish meal in the proportion of 20 per 
cent, of the weight of the mash. During the period of the experiment, 
which was not completed at the time this was reported, there was a 
slight advantage in the actual yield of eggs in favor of the meat 
meal. No taint or flavor of fish was at any time detected in the eggs 
from the hens fed on fish meal. 
Dairy cows fed on a ration containing fish meal, compared with 
cows fed on a similar ration in which fish meal was replaced by 
cottonseed meal, gave a greater yield of milk, but it contained a 
lower percentage of butter fat. However, the total amount of fat 
obtained was approximately the same in both cases. There was no 
detrimental effect on either the milk or the butter from feeding the 
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