BARLEY 
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Ground vs. Whole Grain. 
Number of Tests. 
Average Weight 
at Beginning 
of Tests. 
Average 
Daily Gain. 
Average 
Daily Feed. 
Food per pound 
of Growth. 
Grain 
lbs. 
Skim- 
milk 
qts. 
Grain 
lbs. 
Skim- 
milk 
qts. 
Whole Corn 
6 
63 
0.44 
1.9 
1.0 
6.7 
1.2 
Ground Corn 
6 
62 
0.52 
2.4 
0.8 
5.8 
0.9 
Whole Bald Barley 
4 
58 
0.65 
2.0 
1.8 
3 7 
1.8 
Ground Bald Barley.. 
4 
60 
0.77 
2.3 
1.0 
3.2 
1.0 
Whole Common Barley... 
3 
43 
0.44 
1.9 
0.7 
5.2 
0.9 
Ground Common Barley. 
3 
43 
0.47 
1.9 
0.7 
4.7 
0.9 
Average Results of Ground vs. Whole Grain. 
N umber of Tests. 
Average Weight 
at Beginning of Test. 
Average Daily Gain. 
Average 
Daily Feed. 
Food per lb. 
of Growth, 
Grain lbs. 
Skimmilk qts. 
Grain lbs. 
Skimmilk qts. j 
Average Whole Grain alone 
.8 
59 
0.28 
1.9 
7.4 
Average Ground Grain alone 
8 
66 
0.37 
2.2 
8.1 
Average Whole Grain and Skimmilk... 
5 
54 
0.87 
2.0 
3.1 
2.3 
3.4 
Average Ground Grain and Skimmilk. 
5 
57 
0.74 
2.4 
2.2 
2.6 
2.4 
Average Whole Grain 
13 
57 
0.55 
2.0 
1.2 
5.5 
1.3 
Average Ground Grain 
13 
57 
0.59 
2.3 
0.9 
4.8 
0.9 
The gain for grinding is largest in the case of bald 
barley, and least with common barley. The gains 
