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220 Report oF THE First ASsIsTANT OF THE 
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25” was fed, consisting of six parts wheat bran, three parts cot- 
tonseed meal, two parts wheat middling, two parts ground oats, 
one part linseed meal (O. P.); for the second period, from June ~ 
twenty-nine to August three, “mixed grain No. 5,” consisting of — 
three parts corn meal, one part wheat bran, one part cottonseed \ 
meal; for the°third period, from August three to September four. $ 
teen, ‘“mixed’grain No. 6,” consisting of six parts corn meal, one 
part wheat bran, one part linseed meal (N. P.). 
The hogs were weighed individually once a week. During the — 
first period lot “A” made slightly the better gain; during the 
second, there was the same very slight difference, this time if 
favor of lot “B,” and during the third period there was almost — 
no difference. The total gains made by each lot for the whole 
trial were almost exactly the same — 549 pounds for lot “A” and 
548 pounds for lot “ B.” The total food consumed was the same — 
for each lot. Considerably more water was taken by the lot hav- 
ing the wet food. 
It’has been assumed in our feeding experiments that when dry | 
grain food was given a lot of pigs, the food was more evenly dis- 
tributed for much more time was required for it to be eaten. The 
observations made during the experiment, while, of course, show- _ 
ing nothing conclusive, are entirely in accord with this supposi- 
tion. Only once during any week of the whole trial did any 
animal in lot “B” lose in weight, and in this instance lost but 
one pound. In six instances‘did animals in lot “A” lose in weight — 
during the week, the loss running from two to nine pounds. The 
largest,total gain, that of 9.3 per cent, made during any week, — 
and the smallest total gain, a loss of .8 per cent, was made by lot 
“A.” ‘Phe largest gain for lot “B” any week was 8.9 per cent, — 
and the smallest, one of 2 per cent. After the close of the 
experiment when the hogs were sold and killed, the average loss 
in dressing for market was 22.8 per cent for lot “A” and 22.2 per 
cent for lot “B”—practically no difference. The results 
obtained during the trial calculated to the average per day for 
each 100 pounds live weight fed for each period are given in the | 
following table: | 

