98 
I'd REAU OF A MM A 
MM - I Rl . 
At the usual price of corn ami wheat, 7."> <-cni> per hundredweight, 
ili<- cost <>f gai . r i he corn-fed lot is L r i\ «-ii as $4.18 per LOO pounds, 
and that <>t' the teat-fed Lot at 13. 18 per LOO pounds. 
Ai the close of this test a second one \^h made, but the ration <>f 
the first lot was made equal parts of corn meal ami pea meal after the 
middle of the test. The results follow: 
On >ii, ai wheat compared with <-<>/n and y,<</ meals for pigs. 
Nuni- 
Pounds 
Corn and pea meals 
Ground wheal 
£™5 Weightat Weightat ber of A ™ r »P f«dper 
ber <>! 
beginning. 
Pound*. 
880 
close 
/'•muils. 
l.-l 
daily 
gain. 
. hi nils. 
116 LU 4<i7 
U6 4«« 
Wheat compared with various other grains. — At the Nebraska 
tion, Smith ' fed eight lots of ( '> pigs each to study the comparative 
feeding value of wheat, rye, and corn, both alone and in combina- 
tion. Charcoal and Lime were fed occasionally. Four pigs in each 
lot were of the bacon type — Tamworth and Yorkshire — and two were 
of the fat, or lard, type, or " block " type, as the author expresses it. 
Each lot had an 8 by 12 foot cement-floored pen in a closed shed, with 
an 8 by L6 foot yard adjoining. The ground feed was mixed into a 
thick slop after being weighed; the soaked wheat was weighed before 
being soaked. The first cost of the pigs was $4. 50 per LOO pounds and 
they \\<-re sold on the farm at 15. 52^ per 100 pounds. Coin and wheal 
were charged at 55 cents per bushel, rye at 50 cents per bushel, and 
shorts at $1 B per ton. Grinding was charged at 8 cents per LOO pounds 
lor wheat and rye and 6 cents per LOO pounds for coin. A statement 
of the results follows: 
Wheal compared with otfu r grains for pigs. 
Ration 
Whole wheat, dry 
Whole wheat, soaked L8 
to '-'i hours 

(;r<>un<l wheal and corn, 
eqnal parts 
Ground wheal and rye, 
• ■•iiiiii parts 
. ad w heal and 
shorts, equal pa 
• l corn 
Ground rye 
v nni Average Avpr ., Num A.ver- T ,. 
, N, ! m ;. weight ,,: ; w Total ber of age V , perlOO 
atbSgin- . V.^ gain, days daily ** /,-unds 
ning. ted. gain. ,u "• gain. 
01 
Lbs. 
.70 
8,817 
01 
.ii 
01 
.71 
'.'1 
8U 
Profit 
per lot. 
. 
7.81 
»Bul. No. re 
