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BULLETIN 74 . 
FOOD EATEN DAILY. 
The average amounts of food eaten per day through¬ 
out the experiment for each hog in each pen were as follows: 
TABLE IV. 
FOOD CONSUMED DURING EXPERIMENT. 
No. of 
Days 
Average Food per Hog. 
Average Weight and 
Gain per Hog. 
Hogs. 
Fed. 
Corn 
Wheat 
and 
Barley. 
Sugar 
Beets 
Pulp. 
B egin- 
Ding. 
End. 
Gain, 
Pen I. 
4 
99 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
1026.75 
lbs. 
lbs. 
100.25 
lbs. 
117.00 
lbs. 
16.75 
Pen II. 
4 
| 99 
343.00 
706.00 
96.75 
184.75 
88.00 
Pen III. 
4 
101 
38:4.50 
95.00 
1 
166.25 
71.25 
Pen IV. 
1 4 
104 
540.50 
94.50 
214.75 
120.25 
Pen V. 
4 
1 
104 
| 
410.00 
391.25 
100.75 
198.75 
98.00 
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS. 
In Table IV. is given the amount of food consumed, 
stated in averages for each animal in the different lots, and 
the average weight and gain of che four pigs in each pen at 
the beginning and end of the experiment. 
TABLE V. 
FOOD EATEN DAILY. 
Average Food Per Day. 
Gain 
per Head 
per Day. 
Sugar 
Beets. 
Wheat 
and 
Barley. 
Pulp. 
Corn. 
Pen I . 
lbs. 
10.37 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
0.17 
Pen II. 
3.46 
7.10 
0.89 
1 
Pen III.. 
3.80 
0.70 
Pen IV. 
5.25 
, 1 
1.16 
Pen V. 
3.76 
4.01) 
0.94 
Table V. gives the average food per head eaten daily. 
The pigs in Pen Late 1,026.75 pounds of sugar beets, or 10.37 
pounds per day, on which they made average total gains of 
