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Show Better Than Whole Milk AN EXPERIMENT carried on by the Ne-braska Ne-braska station showed that skim milk was actually more valuable fr pig feeding than was whole milk. A number of rfj:s were divided into throe lots. Lot number on" wa. fed on skim milk. Lot number two was fed on milk containing 3.5 per cent fat. l ot number num-ber three v.-a 3 fed on milk containing E pr cent fat. Lot number one, or lhi.se receiving skim milk, averaged a gain of 30 pounds In thirty days. Ixt number two. or the ones re-eclvliur re-eclvliur milk contain about 3..1 per cent fat. averaged n gain of 2S pounds in thirty days Lot number three, or those fed on milk containing con-taining over 0 per cent fat. averaged a g;iin of 23 pounds in thirty days. For longer perloda of feeding results were much more In faor of skim milk. In many ca-es where the feeilinx period was long there was a l.i.ss In weight on those led on milk rich in fat. One of the great essentials of a silo is tight walls to exclude air. |