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B A R L. E Y 
The results speak very highly in favor of the good 
qualities of ground bald barley as a food for young pigs. 
We paid fifty cents per hundred pounds for this grain, 
and, allowing twenty-five cents per hundred pounds for 
the skimmilk, makes a cost of 2.2 cents for the food used 
in producing a pound of growdh. When it is remem- 
bered that this was in cold weather, with scant shelter, 
it will be seen how strong a testimonial this is in favor of 
bald barley. ^ 
Ground Corn versus Ground Common Barley. 
Number 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. 
Ground Corn 
4 
4 
52 
47 
0.60 
0.70 
2.5 
2.4 
1.2 
1.1 
4.9 
4.3 
1.4 
1.1 
Ground Common Barley 
In the tests the previous years of corn and ground 
barley, the results had been equivalent. These were 
tests with large and nearly grown pigs, the object being 
to fatten them. In the present tests with young pigs 
to produce growth, the barley shows its superiority to 
the corn. Both these results are in accordance with the 
chemical analysis of the grains already given. The two 
grains are closely alike in heat and fat-producing ele- 
ments, while the common barley is better suited than 
corn to produce growth. It should be noted, however, 
that even here the results of the two grains are not 
greatly different. 
