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CORN AND CORN SUBSTITUTES. 
To the fanner <»!' the com bell those experiments with grains which 
may lake the place of corn for feeding purposes in times of scarcity 
are always interesting. In seasons such as thai of L901, when a sum- 
mer of extreme heal and Little or no rain follows a spring of normal 
conditions, the short corn crop is frequently counterbalanced by a 
bountiful supply of small grains. .Many farmers at such times rely 
on wheat, barley, oats, and rye to carry their stock to marketable 
condition. Outside the corn-growing districts such experiments are 
of even more importance, for the small grains are often grown in 
great abundance and form the basis of all rations. 
Wheat compared with corn. — At the Indiana Station" Plumb and 
Anderson fed four lots of 4 Chester White pigs to study the rela- 
tive value of feeding wheat and corn, both alone and in combination. 
The pigs were farrowed late in October, and the experiments began as 
soon as they were weaned, which was early in January. They were 
out of two sows that were litter sisters. Lot I received whole corn; 
Lot II received dry whole wheat; Lot III received a ration consisting 
of equal parts of corn and wheat ; Lot IV received soaked whole wheat. 
Up to March 6 they received 10 pounds of separator milk as a noon 
feed and after that date 12 pounds of the same dairy. They were fed 
one hundred and five days. The results were as follows: 
Wheat compared with corn for pigs. 
Lot. 
I.... 
II... 
III.. 
TV.. 
Ration. 
wJS height at Weight at 
pig? ^ginning, 
close. 
Num- T-i j 
ber Average Fee 1 l per 
Corn 
Wheat (dry) 
Corn and wheat, equal parts 
Wheat (soaked) 
i Pounds. 
4 185 
4 175 
4 174 
Pounds. 
673 
646 
105 
1()5 
105 
105 
Pounds. 
1.16 
1.02 
1.12 
1.05 
Pounds. 
312 
355 
323 
355 
a Digestible dry matter. 
At the Utah Station, Foster and Merrill 6 conducted similar work in 
comparing ground wheat with corn meal. Two lots of 3 pigs each 
were fed, in covered pens, all the ground grain they would eat. The 
results follow: 
Ground wheat compared with corn meal for pigs. 
Ration. 
Num- 
ber of 
pigs. 
Weight at 
beginning. 
Weight at 
close. 
Num- 
ber of 
davs 
fed. 
Average 
daily 
gain. 
Feed per 
100 
pounds 
gain. 
Corn meal 
3 
3 
Pounds. 
290 
291 
Pounds. 
519 91 
Pounds. 
0.85 
1.20 
Pounds. 
55s 
Ground wheat 
615 
91 
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«Bul. No. 67 
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*> Bui. No. 70. 
