10 



Gains made and food consumed before and after 



weaning. 



Before weaning. 



5 weeks. 



Per 



week. 



After weaning. 



3 weeks. 



Per 



week. 



Growth made by 7 pigs 



Loss in weight of sow 



Net gain in weight of sow & pigs. 



Meal consumed by sow* & pigs . . 



Lbs. meal per lb. growth of pigs. . 



Lbs. meal per lb. net gain of sow 

 and pigs 



Area of pasture grazed; square ft. 



Total weight of sow and pigs at 

 beginning of period 



Total weight of 7 pigs at the be- 

 ginning of each period 



Lbs. 



22.70 

 3.88 

 18.82 

 110.8 



Lbs. 



113.60 



19.40 



94.20 

 .554 20 



4.88 



5.88 

 (85.50) (1710) 



3.50.30 



118.60 



Lbs. 

 55.40 



244.00* 

 4.40 



(3858.) 



Lbs. 



18.5 



81.3* 



(1286) 



*Only pigs during last 3 weeks. 



A pound of growth was made with less meal, 4.40 

 pounds after weaning; before weaning it required 

 4.88 pounds of corn meal for each pound of growth ,or if 

 we deduct from the gains made by the pigs the de- 

 crease in the weight of the sow, we find that it required 

 5.88 pounds of meal to make one pound of growth of 

 sow and pigs. This is a very unsatisfactory rate of 

 growth and probably due, at least in part, to insuffi- 

 cient shade. 



Growth of vetch and oats after grazing — As stated 

 above, the pigs just after weaning were penned on a 

 mixture of hairy vetch and turf oats, sowm the prev- 

 ious October on poor upland soil. Both oats and vetch 

 had been delayed in growth and otherAvise injured by 

 tlie unprecedented cold of February, 1899. Moreover^ 

 the vetch had been injured by root-knot. 



While penned on the vetch and oats the weaned pigs 



