Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1888
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FEEDING PIGS. 245 These conclusions are not applicable to other animals, especially ruminants, which on account of their different digestive apparatus are adapted to digest material of a very different nature. TABLE 6—Individual weights and gains of shelled corn. No. 92. No. 93. P Lot G, fed on No. 94. No. 95. 3 CD O 3 CD P O 3 CD 3 3' CD O S3* &' B" January 17 » 24 " 31 February 7 » 14 " 21 Four weeks Five weeks 150 162.5 165 174 179.5 189 12.5 2.5 9 5.5 9.5 26.5 39 181.5 196 203.5 217 223 232 14.5 7.5 13.5 6 9 36 50.5 174 186.5 194 203.5 209 213.5 12.5 7.5 9.5 5.5 4.5 27 39.5 173 188.5 196 210 216 225 15.5 7.5 14 6 9 36.5 52 TABLE 7—Individual weights and gains of Lot H, fed on corn meal. No. 88. No. 89. No. 90. O O No. 91. 3 CD B " 3 CD# 5' TO* er 130.5 141 139.5 150 153 151 1 161 176 176.5 189 190.5 204.5 3' 3 CD 3' l .5 12.5 1.5 14 28.5 43.5 15 203.5 218 221 234.5 237.5 248.5 14.5 3 13.5 3 11 30.5 45 " 24 " 31 February 7 " 14 " 21 Four weeks Five weeks 213.5 236 238.5 251 253 262 22.5 2.5 12.5 2 9 26 48.5 10.5 —1.5 10.5 3 4 16 26.5 TABLE 8—Individual weights and gains of Lot I, fed on equal parts, by iveight, of corn meal and ground oats. No. 84. No. 85. No. 86. No. 87. Q P P 3 CD S' 3 CD CTQ* B * 3 CD O d' C3* g; 151.5 160.5 162 172.5 172 183 era* B' C D January 17 " 24 " 31 February 7 " 14 11 21 Four weeks Five weeks 163 170.5 175 182.5 185.5 193 7.5 4.5 7.5 3 7.5 22.5 30 9 1.5 10 5 — .5 11 22.5 31.5 235 255 259 271 273 283 20 4 12 2 10 28 48 222 238 239 250.5 248 258 16 1 11.5 —2.5 10 20 36
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