. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FEEDING DRIED PRESSED POTATOES TO SWINE. 13 pounds difference in favor of the hogs in the check lot at the close of the test. The pigs in Lot IV were evidently as heavy feeders as those in the check lot, but it is impossible for pigs to consume very large amounts of the dried pressed potato on account of the bulkiness of the feeds. The pigs in Lot IV consumed a daily ration of pounds, made a daily gain of pounds, and required 428 pounds of feed to produce 100 pounds of gain. The pigs in Lot III, receiving drie
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. FEEDING DRIED PRESSED POTATOES TO SWINE. 13 pounds difference in favor of the hogs in the check lot at the close of the test. The pigs in Lot IV were evidently as heavy feeders as those in the check lot, but it is impossible for pigs to consume very large amounts of the dried pressed potato on account of the bulkiness of the feeds. The pigs in Lot IV consumed a daily ration of pounds, made a daily gain of pounds, and required 428 pounds of feed to produce 100 pounds of gain. The pigs in Lot III, receiving dried pressed potato and oil meal, consumed less feed than any other lot in the experiment. It might be concluded from this that the ration was the least palat- able and least efficient of any of the rations fed. This, however, is not true, because the pigs in Lot II, re- ceiving dried pressed potato and tankage, ate more feed than the pigs receiving dried pressed potato and oil meal, but made smaller gains. This tends to prove that the potato ration con- taining oil meal is more efficient in pro- ducing gains than the potato ration contain- ing tankage, although the pigs ate less of the potato and oil-meal feed. Furthermore, the pigs in Lot III possessed a higher degree of finish than the potato and tankage pigs (Lot II), although they were not equal to the potato and fish-meal pigs (Lot IV) in this respect. The pigs in Lot III consumed a daily ration of pounds, made a daily gain of pound, and required 584 pounds of feed to produce 100 pounds of gain. The pigs in Lot II, which were fed dried pressed potato and tankage, consumed enough feed to put them in higher condition than they were in at the close of the feeding test. The showing that these pigs made can not be called poor, but it is evident that tankage is not as efficient a protein supplement to use with dried pressed potato as some of the other supplements used in this experi- ment. The pigs in Lot II returned a sm
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