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during this period was to find the value of these Cucurbita seeds as a 
constituent of the dry mash and the possible effects on young pigs 
when fed ad libitum. 
The results of this study are given in Tables XX to XXII. 
Table XVIII .—Feed consumed during period III 
Lot No. 
Date. 
Corn per 
hundred¬ 
weight. 
Middlings 
per 
hundred¬ 
weight. 
Tankage 
per 
hundred¬ 
weight. 
Pumpkins per 
hud red weight. 
Cannery 
seeds per 
hundred¬ 
weight. 
Seeds. 
Pulp. 
I . 
fDec. ii to Dec. 18.. 
(Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.. 
Pounds. 
26. 48 
23 - 23 
Pounds. 
3 - 19 
2. 26 
Pounds. 
2. 93 
3-32 
Pounds. 
3 - 14 
3. 18 
Pounds. 
26.37 
26. 70 
Pounds. 
I. 92 
1. 66 
Average. 
24. 85 
2. 72 
3. 12 
3. 16 
53 
1. 79 
II. 
fDec. 11 to Dec. 18.. 
26. 71 
7 - 75 
3- 25 
. 
\Dec. 18 to Dec. 24. . 
17. 97 
7 - 79 
3 - 14 
Average. 
22. 34 
7 - 77 
3. 19 
Table XIX .—Nutrients required per pound of gain 
Lot No. 
Date. 
Crude 
protein. 
Crude 
fat. 
Crude 
nitrogen- 
free 
extract. 
Crude 
fiber. 
Mean weekly tem¬ 
perature. 
Maximum. 
Minimum. 
I. 
fDec. 11 to Dec. 18.. 
\Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.. 
Average. 
Pounds. 
0-536 
• 653 
Pounds. 
O. 260 
.302 
Pounds. 
2. 063 
2. 326 
Pounds. 
O. 117 
. 130 
°F. 
48 
4 ° 
°F. 
31 
26 
II. 
• 594 
. 281 
2. I94 
. 123 
fDec. 11 to Dec. 18.. 
\Dec. 18 to Dec. 24.. 
Average. 
.498 
2.364 
. 162 
•715 
2.112 
8. 704 
. 092 
•465 
48 
40 
3 i 
26 
i- 43 i 
• 438 
5. 408 
. 278 
Table XX -Feed consumed and effect on weight in period IV 
Lot No. 
Date. 
Nutrients per 100 pounds live weight. 
Gain per 
hundred¬ 
weight. 
Crude 
protein. 
Crude 
fat. 
Crude 
nitrogen- 
free 
extract. 
Crude 
fiber. 
I... 
II. 
Dec. 24 to Dec. 31. . . . 
Dec. 24 to Dec. 31. . 
Pounds. 
5 - 9°5 
5. 260 
Pounds. 
3.164 
1.650 
Pounds. 
18. 074 
20. 424 
Pounds. 
I. 480 
I. 002 
Pounds. 
6. 14 
8. S i 
The difference in gain of lot I was attributed to the abrupt change in 
feeding (excluding the pumpkins which were fed to them continuously 
