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Show feLivestoclcl SituatiOflu & r makes about the same gain ratio as corn and a more equable distribution distribu-tion of flesh with good marbling. Furthermore, old time feeders claim that the chemical makeup of barley makes it a safer feed for the novice because overfeeding is less injurious than corn and that barley fed animals ani-mals show less fat, highly desirable these days especially with hogs by reason of the decreased demand for lard due to vegetable substitutes produced at much less cost. The Corn Belt farmers are feeling the effect of this condition also and have .had to cut down the weight of their porkers and consequently the corn marketing agency in recognition of "The corn borer is coming," remarked re-marked one of the faculty of the Wisconsin University and so far science has been unable to check its onward march of destruction and damage in the corn belt. The seriousness ser-iousness of this situation cannot be appreciated by the layman, nevertheless never-theless the Middle West farmer is casting about for a substitute crop. Wisconsin and many other states are turning to barley as the most available avail-able substitute. During the past several sev-eral years extensive feed tests have been made of barley versus corn, the results of which have demonstrated demon-strated little difference although it is noticeable that in recent years the Purple Ribbon winners in the beef classes at the Chicago International were fattened on a barley diet and incidentally California won the classic clas-sic twice in five years with barley as the basic feed. ':' Authorities claim that barley |