Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station . rst three months of the final feeding period six pigs wereused in each of the four lots, but during the last three months only FEEDING FERMENTED COTTON-SEED MEAL TO HOGS. 9 five were used, because two piggy sows had to be removed fromtwo of the lots. To balance this, one pig was taken from each of theother lots. In making the division great care was taken to divide the hogsinto lots of as nearly the same weight and type as possible, in orderto eliminate individuality. The pigs were all closely penned during the experiment—a
Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station . rst three months of the final feeding period six pigs wereused in each of the four lots, but during the last three months only FEEDING FERMENTED COTTON-SEED MEAL TO HOGS. 9 five were used, because two piggy sows had to be removed fromtwo of the lots. To balance this, one pig was taken from each of theother lots. In making the division great care was taken to divide the hogsinto lots of as nearly the same weight and type as possible, in orderto eliminate individuality. The pigs were all closely penned during the experiment—a condi-tion most unfavorable for large gains with young hogs. The gains,without doubt, would have been greater had the hogs been alloweda run on green pasture; but as it was the desire to place them underthe most unfavorable conditions, owing to the peculiar nature of theexperiment, they were penned in dry lots. During the first feeding-period especially, the muddy condition of the lots was partly respon-sible for the decreased gains made with the hogs as a Lot 2.—Fed first period, mixture of 7 parts corn and 1 part cotton-seed meal; andsecond period, mixture of 4 parts corn and 1 part cotton-seed meal. COMPARISON OF RESULTS BY PERIODS. The following table shows in a concise way the points of specialinterest brought out by feeding the four lots of hogs. The illustra-tions show quite clearly the marked differences in the quality of thelots. This is very strikingly shown in the case of Lot 1, which wasfed on corn alone. The condition of the lot, as indicated in the cuton page 6, shows all evidences of unthrift. In case of Lots 2, 3 and4 the difference is not so marked, although Lots 3 and 4 are smootherand more uniform throughout. The photographs were taken shortlybefore the conclusion of the experiment. 10 N. C. AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. A close observation of the cuts by the reader may make it seem thatthe hogs in Lot 1, fed on corn alone, were decidedly infer
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