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LOT 8. FED GRAIN AND SKIM MILK (I TO 7-8). 
Four pigs weighing on an average 24.8 pounds at the begin- 
ning made a daily gain of 1.05 pounds each and weighed at the 
close 132 pounds. ‘he cost of each 100 pounds of gain was 
$4.12. 
EXPERIMENT V. 
In this trial two lots of four pigs were fed from December 
30th to April 17th, or a period of 108 days. 
LOT 9. FED GRAIN‘AND SKIM MILK (I TO 3-4). 
Four pigs weighing on an average at the beginning 31 
pounds made a daily gain of 1.31 pounds each and weighed at 
the close 173 pounds. The cost of each 100 pounds of gain 
was $3.75. 
LOT 10. FED GRAIN AND SKIM MILK (1 TO 7-8). 
Four pigs weighing on an average at the beginning 27.5 
pounds made a daily gain of 1.01 pounds each and weighed at 
the close 137 pounds. 
RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS II. TO V. 
The average weight of the eight lots of twenty pigs was 34.5 
_ pounds each at the beginning and 169.8 pounds at the close. 
The average length of the feeding period was 114 days. 
The average daily gain of the eight lots of pigs was 1.18 
pounds per day and the total gain per pig was 122.6 pounds. 
The four lots receiving grain and milk in the proportion of 
I to 7-8 made an average daily gain of 1.10 pounds. ‘The 
average daily gain of the four lots receiving grain and milk in 
the proportion of 1 to 3-4 was 1.27 pound. 
The cost of 100 pounds of gain for the lot receiving grain 
and milk in the proportion of 1 to 7-8 was $4.95, and the 
average for the four lots receiving grain and milk in the pro- 
portion 1 to 3-4 was $4.45.- 
The average amount of food required for 100 pounds of gain 
was 253 pounds of grain and 1,086 pounds of milk and the 
average cost was $4.70. 
