FISH MEAL AS A FEED FOR SWINE..... ... 7 
RESULTS OF THE FEEDING. 
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The pigs in all the lots ate well and regularly and not one of 
them went off feed during the test. Small quantities of feed were 
left in the troughs after feeding time, but this was due to the fact 
that the pigs were required to eat a little more than they conveniently 
could handle. Dried pressed potato is rather bulky, and it is diffi- 
cult to determine the amount that will be cleaned up by the pigs 
at one feed. All the pigs in the experiment were fed 2 pounds of 
feed per head per day at the beginning of the test. This, of course, 
was a very small quantity for 150-pound pigs, but they were given 
this small portion at first because by gradually starting pigs on a feed 
the appetite is kept keen and the chances of going off feed are very 
much lessened. The pigs also are better enabled to cultivate an 
appetite for a new feed. 
Summary of results, fattening period, September 12 to November 7, 1916 
(56 
days). 
t2% Lot 3, Lot 4, 
Lot 1, 6 parts 6 parts 6 parts 
6 parts dried dried dried 
corn meal,| pressed pressed pressed 
1 part potato, potato potato, 
tankage. | 1 part 1 part 1 part 
tankage. oil meal. | fish meal.. 
ING DerOl pigs aoe oc ons oeeieel sins Sissi Sesinlsl «sin owners aicrete 3 3 3 H 3 
Average first weight... . 2002. 0.0..c.c00 32.0058 pounds.. 153. 33 153. 33 150. 00 | 154.33 
Average final weight.............-..-.-.-.------- Gowers 242 198. 33 206. 33 | 228. 66 
Average gain per pig..:....-.-------0.--00e0----- dou-ke 87.77 45. 00 51.33 74. 33 
Average daily gain...............-.--..---------- doze-e 1.57 . 80 91 1532 
Rotalferamuleds sass sao5 ES Ses £22 de sai. SE doxsse 1,072 939 900. 5 956. 5 
Pounds fed per 100 pounds gain. ..............--. @0z ex. 403 695 584 428 
Daily feed per 100 pounds, live weight.. Besa LOR ees 3. 23 3.16 2.93 2.91 
AV er ape dally eed: masemiaee saeco closes ciaieie = dors. 6.4 5.5 5.3 5.7 
All the pigs were in good, thrifty, growing condition at the begin- 
ning, and were maintained in good condition and health during the 
progress of the experiment. A study of the table will show that 
Lot 1 (check) excelled all the other lots with respect to rate of 
gains, amount of feed consumed to produce 100 pounds of gain, and. 
the average final weight. This lot of pigs was the largest and 
growthiest in the experiment. They were heavy feeders and re- 
turned good gains for the amount of feed consumed. 
The lot receiving dried pressed potato and fish meal (Lot 4) Was a 
very close second to the check lot. The figures, however, show 
greater advantages in favor of the check lot than one could detect 
with the eye. Both these lots maintained good condition throughout 
the experiment and carried a very high degree of finish. There was 
a difference of 13 pounds per hog in favor of the check lot at the 
close of the test. The pigs in Lot 4 were evidently as heavy feeders 
as those in the check lot, but it is impossible for pigs to consume 
