PIG FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 29 
PIG FEEDING. 
BYI@sa1 co HACH AND H. Le GARRIGUS; 
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During the past year ten lots of pigs have been fed the by- 
products of the dairy. This article gives the daily gains, feed 
required for 100 pounds of gain and cost of gains. One lot 
was fed skim milk only, one grain only, four lots milk and 
grain in the proportion of 1 to 3-4, and four lots in the pro- 
portion of 1 to 7-8. ‘The feeding period extended with the 
different lots from July 19th to April 17th. All lots were fed 
by the same man and were given all they would consume. 
When cost of feed is estimated, skim milk is valued at 20 cents 
per cwt. and grain $20.00 per ton. 
EXPERIMENT I. 
The first trial was with four lots of three pigs each. These 
pigs were of the same age and breeding and weighed about 25 
- pounds each at the beginning of the experiment. Lot 1 was 
- fed skim milk only, lot 4 shorts only, lot 2 one part grain and 
four of milk, and lot 3 one of grain and eight parts of milk. 
The feeding period was from July roth to October 14th, or 86 
days. 
PAY bebe Pe Ski MeEMILKOCONLY. 
Three pigs weighing on an average 24.3 pounds at the begin- 
ning, gained 62 pounds in 86 days. ‘The average daily gain 
was 0.72 pound. 2,739 pounds of milk were required for 100 
pounds of gain at a cost of $5.48. 
LOT 2. FED GRAIN AND SKIM MILK (I TO 4). 
Three pigs weighing on an average 24.5 pounds at the be- 
ginning, gained 119 pounds in 86 days. The average daily 
gain was 1.38 pounds. 935 pounds of skim milk and 233 
pounds of grain were required for 100 pounds of gain at a cost 
of $4.20. 
