Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1876
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133 This is not given as showing a remarkable gain, b u t as being good for the feed consumed. He would probably have consumed 18 lbs. of corn daily, and this 6 lbs. added would have been the most profitable, had he been fed for immediate market. I will si ate that the cattle fed in the yard paid a fair profit, though fed on 60 cent corn. They were all sold, March 24th, for $5 80 per hundred weight, at the barn. Herewith is a table showing the conditions and the average daily gains, in the three experiments made on the farm, all of which seem to point to the correctness of the premises before assumed. First. G r a i n fed. Second. Third. Where fed. Time No. Time |No. Time No. 105 D a y s . ' f e d . 119 D a y s . fed. 90 D a y s . fed. .74 l b s . Mixed meal Dry meal C o m i n eaf Mixed middlings 1 meal, 2 a n d 3 corn Ear corn 1.17 l b s . 1.43 " 1.68 l b s . 1.21 «* 2 2 2 2 3 1.60 l b s . 1.76 " 1.83 l b s . 1.76 " 1 2 2 6 .72 l b s . .97 " 2.23 •• 1.58 " 2.36 " 1 1 • 2 2 1 Barn. 2 7 Shed. Yard. J ROTlfibnp^s fed Cut cornClover s t a l k s . ... Clov'r in b ' r n : corn-fo( 3der in shed and y a r d . .. E. L. LAWRENCE, Head Farmer Illinois Industrial University. 1.—PIG FEEDING O c t o b e r 1st. EXPERIMENT. j Dec. 10. Corn fed Bushels. Age, d a y s . W e i g h t , lbs. W e i g h t , lbs. P o l a n d C h i n a& Berkshires..... One bushel corn m a d e lbs. growth. 145 168 185 182 320 230 1^15 ^18 8.13 3.89 17.83 12.34 2—PIG M a r c h 1st. Pigs—Four in each pen. A g e , d a y s . W e i g h t , lbs. FEEDING EXPERIMENT. Corn fed Bushels. Gain Feed M a y 1st. W e i g h t , lbs. One bushel corn m a d e lbs. growth. ill Poland China Berkshire. 235 258 258 740 545 595 1,060 775 760 3 20 2. 1 35 29.46 24,40 23.43 10.86 9.63 7.04 The object of these experiments is to show the relative value of the differ nt breeds for fattening when put u p in the pen and fed nothing b u t corn ; and in the second experiment to test the yalue of grinding: as well as comparing pigs of different ages, by comparing the 1st and 2d experiments with each other. Iu the way of explanation, I would say, that in the lot fed meal, one of the pigs did not appear to btj healthy, and ate scarcely anything, and just about held his own, so that what he ate WHS a complete loss. Another thing noted was, that in feeding a full ft*ed of meal there was more waste than iu feeding corn. The meal was fed dry. The pigs were fed in pens 8 by 16 feet, on plank floors, one-half of the pen covered. This experiment should be repeated, and some tests of the relative vnlue of different breeds when p u t on clover pasture, as it is here that the Berkshire seem to excel all others. E. L. LAWRENCE, Head Farmer I, I. U. —10
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