274, QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JouRNAL. [1 APRIL, 1900. 
skim milk for each pound of increase. From 17 Ib. of peas fed in twenty-fom 4 
hours only 2 oz. of undigested grain were separated. ‘The average increas? 
live weight was 107 Jb. a 
Three pigs, of a live weight of 72 Ib., were fed for thirteen weeks 0? 
ground Indian corn soaked for fifty-four hours, with 3 lb. of skim milk pe he 
to each pig. They consumed 2°90 1b. of corn and 2:31 Ib. of skim milk for ea@ 
of increase. From 11 Ib. of corn fed during twenty-four hours there Was 
separated 8 oz. of undigested grain, which, when dried, weighed 40% Ib. Th 
bushel. ‘The average increase in live weight in this lot amounted to ld 
each, 
Three swine were fed for thirteen weeks on a mixture of equal paris . 
unground oats, barley, and peas, with 3 Ib. of skim milk per day to each. of 
consumed 3°20 Ib. of this mixed grain and 2°60 Ib. of skim milk for each 1b. 
increase. In this lot the average live weight gain was 103 lb. vith 
The increase in live weight was found to be greatest in the lot fed \ 
maize, and these pigs also showed the least shrinkage in dressed weight. 
FEEDING WITH GROUND GRAIN. é ked 
Further experiments were made with feeding with ground grain, aa 
and dry, the meal being composed of equal parts of oats, barley, and i 
with a half-part of bran. To one pen this meal was fed after it had mn 
soaked for thirty hours in cold water; in the other case it was fed dry 
tub introduced into the pen with water, so that the pigs could drink as 0 at 
they desired it. Each pig was given 3 Ib. of skim milk per day as in the % eal 
tests, and all they could consume of soaked meal in one case and of dy a 
in the other case. These pigs were from the same litter, and they welé the 
about 100 Ib. each at the start, there being a difference of only 4 1b.” 
total weight of each pen. ; - cnt ol 
The four pigs fed on meal soaked made 1 Ib. of increase in live Wel”), 
a consumption of 4°69 lb. of meal and 3°61 lb. of skimmed milk, whereas 
four pigs fed on the same meal dry made Ib. of increase from 4°19 of mea i 
3°20 lb. of milk. Those fed with dry food made 34 Ib. less weight in the i, 
time to the pen, and they consumed 316 lb. less of grain. So that it apP 
from this experiment that it is more economical to feed meal dry. £403 
One lot of four pigs weighed 407 Ib., and the other lot of four a total ie lot 
1b. At the close of the test the first lot weighed 756 lb., and the seco” that 
718 lb. Those that were fed on the moist food did not do so well as thos? ‘ 
were fed on the dry food until the last four or five weeks of the feeding Pt 
In the meantime they had grown a little more “rangy,” and during this fe a 
period they put on weight more rapidly than those fed on dry meal, but ex? 
was more shrinkage when they were killed. Those fed on dry grai2 ° vith 
shorter, more solid and compact, and they made on the whole more flesh ' 
the consumption of less grain. a 
The live weight of the first lot fed on soaked meal, fasted fourteen i 
was 743 Ib., and the dressed weight twenty-four hours after killing was 5 sted 
In the other case, where the pigs were fed on dry meal, the live weight, fa 1b 
fourteen hours, was 690 lb., and twenty-four hours after killing it was ? 
There was nearly 50 Ib. less shrinkage with those fed dry. «igh 
The results of these experiments are held by the Director of the Domne 
Experiment Farm to show that on the whole the advantage was with 
- meal as against the unground grain. ig: 
The Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, has carried out a series of P 
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feeding experiments, and the conclusions arrived at have been as follow :— 
1. It will not pay to cook feed for swine where economy of pork produe 
is the sole consideration. wert 
2. There is a gradual increase in the quantity of feed consumed for ©" — 
pound of gain in live weight after the average live weight exceeds 100 1b. fro 
3. The most economical time to slaughter swine is when they weigh 
- 175 to 200 Ib. 
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