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garbage. Their total weight was 301 pounds at the beginning of the 
experiment and 462 pounds at the close, which was a gain of 37 
pounds over the gain made by the pigs receiving no tankage. Only 
young pigs ranging from 20 to 30 pounds each were used in these 
experiments, and the gains on the whole were comparatively light. 
They plainly show, however, that certain kinds of supplements have 
an influence in weight when they are fed in combination with garbage, 
and likewise that the feeding of garbage is not necessarily the most 
economical method, especially for young pigs and brood sows, unless 
a supplementary feed is added to the ration. It pays well to supple- 
ment the garbage with a liberal amount of concentrated feed, such as 
dried blood or tankage, which has a high animal protein content. 
Large and economical gains can be made with such feeding unless, 
of course, the cost of the supplemental feed is abnormally high. 
Fig. 21. — Molokai ranch piggery. Raised plank floors are cool and less expensive than 
concrete. Car track facilitates feeding. 
MOLOKAI RANCH SWINE DEPARTMENT. 
The following report was received from the swine department of 
the Molokai ranch. Kaunakakai. Molokai (Fig. 21) : 
Good algaroba pasture is more than a maintenance feed for swine, but it is 
not considered as good as corn, rice bran, or barley. On tiais ranch corn ranks 
first in food value, with rice bran second, barley third, and algaroba fourth. 
The hogs are not pastured on any planted crop, but are daily given one good 
feeding of green alfalfa. Rice bran is fed to fattening hogs only when corn 
and algaroba beans are not available. Corn is fed during probably four months 
of the year. When it is used, corn is given in regular amounts twice daily on 
cement floors, but rice bran or beans are fed from self-feeders. The hogs 
average daily gains of li to 2 pounds each. 
There are a few pure-bred swine at the ranch, but the greater number of 
animals are high grades. Practically everything is shipped to market from a 
pure-bred boar to hogs out of grade sows. The entire herd is so nearly pure 
