Ontario Sessional Papers, 1901, . ootsand barley stated above, and indicates that the comparison of cooked and raw roots isscarcely reliable. 6 Further experiments with roots in progress, and it is too soon to drawconclusions. Wet vs. Dry Meal. This was a short experiment, lasting only seven weeks, conducted by Mr, G. HHutton in connection with his third year thesis. Four Logs were fed wet meal consist 1SMH> ] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 61 ing of wheat and barley, and four other hoga of similar breeding were fed the aamemeal mixture dry. T^^oo°5r 5^®=®*^^? ^^^ ^««^ ^de an average da
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1901, . ootsand barley stated above, and indicates that the comparison of cooked and raw roots isscarcely reliable. 6 Further experiments with roots in progress, and it is too soon to drawconclusions. Wet vs. Dry Meal. This was a short experiment, lasting only seven weeks, conducted by Mr, G. HHutton in connection with his third year thesis. Four Logs were fed wet meal consist 1SMH> ] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 61 ing of wheat and barley, and four other hoga of similar breeding were fed the aamemeal mixture dry. T^^oo°5r 5^®=®*^^? ^^^ ^««^ ^de an average daily gain per h ig of .957 lb., and con-Bumed lbs. meal per 100 lbs. gain. The hogs receiving dry feed made an average daily gain per hog of lbs , andconsumed lbs. meal per 100 lbs. gain. / & r 5 ., »« Owing to the demands upon our space for other work, this experiment has not beenrepeated. It is worthy of note, however, that the practice of feeding dry meal to hogs18 growing in favor among swine breederd. °. Fig. 2 shows a poor export type. It is short between shoulder and ham, carries too much fat aloneback, and is heavy at the shoulder and neck. 52 THE REPORT OF THE [ No. 14 Ikpluencb of Food upon Firmness op Bacon. Feeding Roots 2hrough<mt Finishing Period.—For this experiment, eleven gradehogs in the farm piggery were used. They had been fed roots, the refuse from the Col-lege kitchen, and mixed meal until they weighed about 120 lbs., but the proportion ofthe different foods up to this period are not definitely known. From this time until theywent away, a period of 61 days, they were fed all they would eat of a mixture composedof 50 lbs. mangels to 22 lbs. meal. The mangels were pulped and mixed with the meala day in advance of feeding. The meal consisted of ground barley mixed with one-thirdof its weight of a mixture of bran and middlings. At the close of the experiment the hogs were sent to the Wm. Davies Oo., whoreported that the bacon ca
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