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BULLETIN 74. 
ratio of the ration given Pen II. is 1:6.3 an d that supplied 
Pen IV. is 1:8.1. The best gains, and for the least amount 
of food, were made in Pen IV. This study is interesting 
when compared with the wheat and barley ration fed in the 
first experiment reported in this bulletin. Equal parts of 
wheat and barley have a nutritive ratio very near the Ger¬ 
man standard and have produced the best results for us. 
Other factors probably influence the effect of a ration as 
much as will small differences in the ratio. The cost and 
profit is influenced by the prices of the different grains so it 
is not so good a measure of the actual fattening quality of 
the mixtures. 
The results in Pen IV. show that 4.87 pounds of grain 
used was worth as much as 6.43 pounds of corn in Pen I. 
This grain mixture consisted of 2.44 pounds of wheat, oats 
and barley, equal parts, and 2.43 pounds of corn. Then if 
corn is worth 83 cents per hundred pounds, the wheat, oats 
and barley to mix with it in this fattening ration were worth 
$1.36 per hundred. At the present prices farmers could not 
afford to feed corn at all and it would be better to elimi¬ 
nate the oats from the ration, feeding wheat and barley as 
indicated in the first experiment reported in this bulletin. 
All these experiments show the advantage of our home 
grown grains in unmistakable terms. 
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS. 
The salient points shown in the series of pig feeding 
experiments reported in this bulletin are briefly: 
1. Home grown grains fed in proper proportion to bal¬ 
ance the ration are more valuable than corn. 
2. A well balanced ration gives better returns in every 
case than a poorly balanced ration, and a mixture of 
grains is better than a single grain fed alone. 
3. Sugar beets for swine feeding were unprofitable with 
us, either fed alone or in combination with grain. 
Green pasture would probably serve the purpose of 
furnishing succulent food for growing pigs at less ex¬ 
pense. 
4. Sugar beets are little more than a maintenance ration 
when fed alone to hogs. 
5. Sugar beets and sugar beet pulp proved equally valu¬ 
able in our experiments and because of its cheapness 
and effect on growth we believe pulp may be profitable 
to feed to growing pigs in connection with a grain 
ration, or during the first part of a fattening period. 
