11 'J 
Bl RE \r OF \MM \I. [NDUS1 Bl . 
ance of 3 to ,; ounces to each quart of milk, depending on appetite 
and size. One lot reoeii edoorn meal and milk, and the other hominy 
meal and milk. The results are > 1 1 « » \\ n in the follow Ing table: 
Hominy meal compared with <•"/•// m>ni forp 
( 'orn meal 
Hominy meal 
Nun. \\.r 
, "V, weight Total ber of . I M,,i; 
beroi 
(rigs. 
at I..- gain, dayi 
ding 
no 
gain 
1.41H 
These figures show hominy meal, as !'<-<l in this experiment, i<> have 
a feeding value equal i<> that of corn meaL In t hi^ <»n«- test corn • 
failed to give quite so good results as the hominy meal, showing 
average daily gain of L.28 pounds i<> L.39 pounds for hominy meal, and 
320 pounds dry matter tor LOO pounds gain t<> 306 pounds dry matter 
for LOO pounds gain in tin* case of tin- hominy meal. 
Corn nit nl compared with cerealim feed. — Two i<->'^ were made at 
the Hatch Station a to compare corn meal and cerealine feed. Like 
hominy meal, cerealine feed "consists also of the hull and a portion 
of the starch of the corn. It contains rather Less of the starch than 
the hominy meal. It is the by-product resulting from the preparation 
of the breakfast food known as cerealine flakes. It iv very coarse 
Looking and appears very much like onground coin hulls." 
In the first tesl 6 grade Chester White pigs about five weeks old 
were used. They were fed 6 to :i quart* of skim milk per head daily, 
and the -rain fed at the start was :! ounces for each quart of milk; 
the grain was increased with age ami weight. The nutritive ration 
was 1 : '■'> at the beginning and 1:7 at the eloe 
In the second test 6 piu>. "a cross between the Poland China and 
the Chester White," about live weeks old. were fed. skim milk was 
fed in connection with the cerealine feed, which was "eaten with 
seeming relish at all iime<.*" The following iai>l<' shows the results: 
Cerealim feed compared with corn meal for pigs. 
Elation. 
Cerealine f<H-<i 
Cent meal 
Av.r- 
Num-' 
ber freight Total 
at t>« 
cam. 
gin- 
ning. 
418 
15 
BIS 
Num- 
ber of 
days 
108 
108 
> 
\v.-r 
ten 
daily 
^ :iin - Grain. Milk. 
L80 
1.84 
Lb*. 
781 
r.u 
Lot 
8,081 
th An. Bpt, Hatch Expt Sta, 
Dry 
pounds gain, matter 
per l<«i 
poundi 
[ilk. gain. 
Lb*, 
1" 
\M 
816 
1,041 
80S 
