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The ll pigs remaining were then given range and green f<'< i <l and 
the same grain ration continued. The gains made were satisfactory. 
There were no losses, and they were sold on .Inly 14, after ninety-three 
days' continuous feeding on a cotton-seed meal rat ion. 
In 1001, 16 uniform Poland Chiua sheats, farrowed late in the pre- 
vious fall, were used." The} 7 were about 11 weeks old at the begin- 
ning of the experiment and averaged about 47 pounds in weight. 
The experiment began January 11. The pigs were divided into four 
lots of 4 each. Each lot was given an open pen 9 by 24 feet, and had 
a space 8 by 8 feet in an inclosed piggery. Cob charcoal, wood ashes, 
and salt were always accessible; water only was given to drink, and 
the grain was mixed with water into the form of a thick slop just 
before feeding. From July 14 to April 1, 2 pounds of sugar beets were 
allowed each pig daily. The pigs were fed as follows: Lot I received 
corn meal only to April 5, then a mixture of one-fifth cotton-seed 
meal and four- fifths corn meal for four weeks, closing with two weeks 
on corn meal; Lot II received one-third corn meal and two-thirds 
wheat middlings; Lot III received one-fifth cotton- seed meal and 
four-fifths corn meal. Lot IV received one-fifth cotton-seed meal 
and four-fifths corn meal for four weeks, then corn meal for two 
weeks, next the cotton-seed meal mixture for four weeks, then back 
to corn meal only for two weeks, and alternating in this manner 
until the experiment closed. 
The onty signs of lack of appetite were in Lot I, where exclusive 
corn-meal feeding proved rather severe for such young pigs, and in 
Lot III, where a dullness of appetite was noticed for about two 
weeks. This was only temporary. One pig in Lot IV died on Feb- 
ruary 15, one week after it had been taken from the cotton-seed meal 
ration and placed on corn meal, and 2 pigs in Lot III died on Feb- 
ruary 20, after they had been on a cotton-seed meal ration continu- 
ously for forty days. 6 " No further losses occurred, * * * and the 
pigs thrived and made good gains." One pig in Lot IV showed 
symptons of sickness, but recovered. 
After April 5, Lot I was given the same management and feed as 
Lot IV, but there were no injurious results. On the contrary, their 
gains increased. This was also noticed with Lot IV. During the 
periods that the hogs were on a straight corn-meal ration, except dur- 
ing the closing period, when their greater maturity enabled them to 
make use of a more carbonaceous ration, the gains were light and 
expensive, but when the cotton-seed mixture was resumed the gains 
were large and economical, disregarding the effect of loss by death. 
« An. Rpt.. 1901-02. 
&Din\viddie had a similar experience. See Bui. No. 76, p. 147, Arkansas 
Expt. Sta. 
