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This crop was sown on May 8th, 1903. The mixture consisted of corn 

 1 peck, peas 1 peck, oats 1 peck and barley 6 quarts, and was sown by 

 an ordinary grain drill at the rate of 21/2 bushels per acre. This crop 

 was not pastured off by hogs as intended, owing to inability to finish 

 the necessary fencing before the succotash got too large to pasture. The 

 cutting of this crop began June 24th, forty-seven days from the date of 

 sowing and was completed twelve days later, viz. : July 6th. It was re- 

 moved as fast as consumed by some pigs in pens. The entire yield of 

 this green crop from the one-third acre was 7020. pounds, the weighing 

 was done immediately after cutting. At tliis rate the yield per acre 

 would have been 22,887. pounds or 11.44 tons. This yield appears phe- 

 nomonal, but the ground was exceedingly rich and the rainfall during 

 the fifty-nine days was unusual, amounting in all to 9.48 inches dis- 

 tributed as follows : May 8th to June 1st 2.5 in., month of June 6.28 

 in., and July 1st to 0th .7 in. The gi'owth was exceedingly dense and 

 tall; all the grain showed well except the corn which was apparently 

 from poor seed. The greatest objection to this mixture w.TS found in 

 the fact that it did not contain plants of a sort capable of making a 

 second growth after cutting. 



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As in the case of the first sowing in 1903. part of this crop was grown 

 on a one-third acre lot set aside for growing forage for hogs, but one 

 which had grown a heavy crop of rape the previous year. Another lot 

 of one-half acre was grown in field No. 5. The mixture used differed 

 somewhat from the first one, consisting of corn, peas, oats, rape and mil- 

 let sown in the following manner. After the ground had been prepared 

 for seeding, a mixture of rape and millet, equal parts, was sown broad- 

 cast on the land by hand, using a pint of each to the one-third acre; 

 the corn, oats and peas in equal parts by measure, were then mixed and 

 sown by an ordinary grain drill at the usual de])th, the same operation 

 covering the raj)e and millet lightly. This seeding was made May 7th, 

 1004. All the plants of the mixture made a good even start except the 

 millet Avhich grew slowly, but some soon outdistanced the others. Il- 

 lustration No. 1 shows the relative size and proportions in which the 

 five kinds of plants grew in the mixture. The })lants were secured by 

 cutting out two or three small areas, representative of the lot, and then 

 sejtarating out the plants of the various sorts which were photogra])hed 

 for this illustration. The samples were taken July 12th, at which time 

 the entire cro]) averaged three feet in height, but many of the pea vines 

 were mu( h longer than this. This lot of succotash was foraged off by 

 sixteen young pigs weighing 1208 pounds, turned in on June 20th, 44 

 days from the date of sowing, and removed July 22nd, 32 days later. 

 The pigs received some sui)j)lemcntary food. The illustration on the 

 cover shows some pigs foi-aging on the 1904 crop. The picture was taken 

 about July 1st. In this picture can be seen the hurdles used in restrict- 

 ing the i)igs from foraging on but a limited area. The lower edge of the 

 top boards of these panels is just three feet above ground. This one- 

 third acre of succotash was completely foraged off seventy-six days from 



