Ration Experiments with Swine, 1906 - 1908 . 5 
upon the pigs by withholding the grain. The beets were supplied as 
the pigs desired them. Evidently they relished the succulent feed, 
and ate enough of it so that they had not the capacity for a quantity 
of grain sufficient to produce a large gain in live weight. 
These results with beets were so marked that it was not 
thought necessary to duplicate this portion of the experiment an¬ 
other season. And we believe that the conclusion is warranted that 
for light weight fattening pigs, weighing from 60 to 160 pounds, 
sugar beets are not an economical fattening feed in connection with 
grain, when they constitute about half the ration by weight—in 
this instance all the beets which the pigs would voluntarily eat. 
aheahea hay with grain. 
Lots I, II and III were fed alfalfa hay and grain. Of these, 
lot III, fed equal parts of barley and corn, did the best, making the 
heaviest gains, and requiring the least amount of feed for one 
hundred pounds gain. This lot,, in fact, made the best showing of 
any in the experiment, and figuring the price of the various feeds 
upon any reasonable basis, the cost of producing pork with this 
ration of corn, barley, and alfalfa hay, was less than with any 
other ration used in the experiment. 
Lot I, fed barley and alfalfa hay; and lot II, fed corn and 
alfalfa hay, came out almost equally well, although lot II showed 
slightly greater gains than lot I. Neither barley and alfalfa hay 
nor corn and alfalfa hay gave such good results as corn, barley and 
alfalfa hay, being surpassed in amount of gain produced and in 
economy of ration, by several rations in the experiment. 
COST OE PEED AND STANDING OE HOTS. 
In the foregoing Table “A” a column is given showing the 
cost of the rations with the feeds figured at given prices. One 
cent per pound will approximate the market prices of barley, corn, 
and shorts, and is a convenient round number from which an 
advance or lowering of prices may easily be computed. Peas and 
wheat are ordinarily higher in price and therefore are figured at 
two cents and one and a half cents respectively. In looking down 
the column showing the standing of lots, a series of numbers are 
found showing the relative order of the rations according to their 
economy. This column is given only for the purpose of facilitating 
the finding of the most economical rations. 
BAREEY AND WHEAT SHORTS. 
It will be seen that after the barley, corn and alfalfa ration, 
the barley and shorts ration, half and half, was the most economical. 
There was so little difference, however, in the economy of these two 
rations that one cannot say either proved better than the other. The 
