L08 
i:i BEAU OF ANIMAL [NDU81 \:\ 
This experiment gave much better returns for a oorn-meal and 
skim miiu ration than for one where bran was added. Bnrkett < l< >«s 
not \ a I in- lii-an highly as a pig feed either alone or in combination with 
coin meal. 
Shoris compared with corn. — At the Colorado Station, Bnffum and 
Griffith r<-(l purebred Berkshire pigs about 5 months <>1<| to com- 
pare the feeding value of corn meal and shorts in combination with 
wheal, barley, and <>ais. One Lot received shorts, wheat, <>,iiv, and 
barley in rotation shorts with wheat and oate one day. with wheat 
and barley the next, with oats and barley the next, and so on. The 
Lot on corn had the same method of feeding and the same ration, 
except that corn was fed in place of shorts. Feed was charged at the 
following prices: Corn. 83 cents per LOO pound-: shorts, 75 cents per 
LOO pounds; wheat, '■>'> cents per LOO pounds; oats. $1.20 per LOO 
barley, $1.20 per LOO pounds. The experiment Lasted from March 23 
to May 31, L90] — sixty-nine days— the results being as follow-: 
Shorts compared with corn in mixed rations forpigs. 
Num- 
berof 
pigs. 
Aver- 
age 
weight 
at Be- 
gin- 
ning. 
Aver- 
galn. 
Num- 
amountfeed 
■ ii. 
Ration. 
ber of 
davs 
fed. 
age 
daily 
gain. 
Corn. 
Shorts. 
Other 
per 100 per 100 
pounds pounds 
gain. gain. 
:; 
3 
U.S. 
112. 6 
96 
Lbs. 
69 
Lbs. 
1.31 
1 . 27 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
Lbs. 
809.1 
581 
( 'urn ;in(l other grain 
At the Indiana Stat ion Plumb and Anderson fed two Lots of 3 high- 
grade Chester White gilts, each five and one-half mont hs old, to com- 
pare i he value of a ration of corn meal and wheat shorts with a ration 
of corn meal only. The mixture was equal parts by weight of corn 
meal and shorts. The pigs were fed in pens with small shelter houses 
attached. Shorts were valued at $j 1 per ton ami corn meal at $13.50 
per ton. The results were as follows: 
Feeding value of wheat shorts. 
Elation. 
Num- 
ber of 
Average 
weight 
Total 
gain. 
Num- 
ber oi 
A\ ■■■!• 
age 
. f.M-(l 
eaten. 
*sstr isr 
ning. 
days dally 
fed. gain. 
Shorts. 
Corn 
meal. 
Shortsandcorn meal 
( lorn meal 
8 
} 'oil II lis. 
129 
Lbs. 
854 
TO 
Lbs. 
L.69 
1.66 
Lbs. 
I.hs. 
718 
1,418 
Pounds. Dollars. 
The mixture of corn meal and shorts gave Larger, more rapid, and 
more economical gains than a ration of corn meal only. In the Colo- 
B d. No, : i. 
Bui. n... n. 
