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would do on sugar beets alone, because some of our farm¬ 
ers had been doing this and we wished accurate data for a 
check. 
The hogs in Pen II. were fed a large quantity of pulp, 
especially during the first part of the experiment. It was 
necessary to mix the grain with the pulp to get the pigs to 
eat the pulp. 
The hogs in Pen III. were fed shelled corn alone, hav¬ 
ing access to nothing else but the straw used for bedding, 
besides plenty of water and some coal and ashes. It might 
have been better to have fed the corn ground, especially as 
the pigs were young and growing rapidly, and again because 
ground wheat and barley were fed. 
The hogs in Pen IV. were fed equal parts of ground 
wheat and barley, for comparison with Pen III. 
The pigs in Pen V. were fed in all respects like those in 
Pen II., except that sugar beets were substituted for the 
pulp. In the results from these two pens, we have a com¬ 
parison of the value of pulp and the value of sugar beets 
when fed with grain. Pens II. and V. also may be compared 
with Pen IV., thus giving the advantage, if any, of feeding 
pulp or sugar beets with grain for fattening hogs. 
The feed given was carefully weighed and any remain¬ 
ing uneaten until the time of the next feeding was weighed 
back. The hogs were ear-tagged and weighed separately 
once a week, thus giving the individual differences of those 
in the same pen. Additional notes were kept as to the 
general condition of the individual hogs in each lot so that, 
at the end of the experiment, it would be known whether or 
not the best results possible had been attained under the 
conditions. We have been assisted in these experiments 
by Mr; Fred Bishopp and Mr. W. B. Smith, senior agricul¬ 
tural students, who carried out the feeding as planned and 
aided in keeping the records. 
KIND OF HOGS FED. 
The hogs used in this experiment were obtained from 
the slaughter house yards of wholesale butchers within the 
city. P rom appearances the hogs were grade Poland Chinas 
and Berkshires. From the information that could be 
gleaned from those in charge, the pigs had been bought 
from different farmers in the vicinity and had been at the 
yards only a short time before we obtained possession of 
them. They were only common scrub shoats and did not 
show that any special care had been taken of them. They 
were probably late spring pigs and approximately eight 
