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silkier coats, and ate 
The oorn-fed lot was 
Ln the Iowa test L40 pounds and 96 pounds, respectively, were saved 
i»\ the use of tankage 30.4 and 20.8 percent nol so good a record 
as obtained in Indiana. The difference between the money cost per 
LOO pounds <>f the oorn-fed and tankage-fed Lots was also much Less 
than in Indiana. 
The condition of the pigs in the Indiana test was remarked upon. 
The tankage-fed pigs handled better, had fine 
with much more relish than those <>n corn alone 
conspicuous by reason of its poor condition. 
At the conclusion of their experiments, Plumb and Van Norman 
gave tin- pigs that had been <>n corn meal a ration of 5 parts of corn 
meal and l part tankage \'o\- forty-nine days. There was immediate 
improvement in their appetites, the hair softened, and the skin handled 
better. There was a marked improvement in growth, which con- 
trasted Btrongly with the gains made while on corn meal only. 
Experimenters caution stockmen to use that tankage only which 
has been specially prepared for feeding purposes. 
Beef meal in a corn meal rut ton. — The results of the lot of pigs that 
were fed beef meal at the Lowa Station are compared below with those 
on corn meal. The price of the beef meal used in this test was $22 
per ton. 
Beef mail in <> cortirmeal rut ion for pigs. 
Num- 
ber 
Average 
weight 
Total 
Num- 
ber of 
Aver- 
age 
Feed eaten. 
i per 100 
pounds gain. 
perlOD 
of 
pigs. 
at begin- 
ning. 
gain. 
davs 
fed. 
dailv 
gain. 
Grain. 
Beef 
meal. 
Grain 
IHUHKLS 
gain. 
Corn meal.. 
6 
Lbs. 
197 
197 
Lbs. 
596 
7i '7 
49 
49 
U.S. 
8.40 
Lb*. 
8,741 
Urn. 
m 
DoO*. 
:>.i" 
Corn meelSparta, 
beef meal 1 part. 
4.80 
Beef meal, like tankage, seems to be valuable in the pig's ration. 
The amount of grain saved per 100 pounds gain by the use of beef 
meal was 1 16 pounds, or 24.9 per cent. 
8UGAE BY-PRODUCTS. 
/" ding beet molasses. — Clinton fed 5 pigs averaging s 7 pounds <>n 
a ration <>f corn meal 8 pounds, beet molasses L2 pounds, and >kim 
milk 20 pounds. " This quantity was given in two daily feeds, and 
the pi.u r > apparently did not relish the molasses, yet they ate it." 
Three days after feeding commenced they ate the morning feed well, 
but within an hour 1 pig was dead and another died a few hours 
later. Postmortem examination indicated poisoning. The surviving 
pigs were then placed on a corn meal and milk ration, but made 
expensive gains, the cause assigned being the effect of molasses 
feeding. 
"13ul. No. LW, Cornell dniv. Expt. Sta. 
