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required, as stated in a preceding table 4.4 pounds of 

 corn meal to make one pound of growth, in addition 

 to the pasturage. 



It is interesting to notei that on the areas grazed over 

 prior to April 21 the vetch made, after the pigs were 

 removed, sufficient second growth to afford about two- 

 fifths of a normal crop of excellent hay, the average 

 yield of second-growth hay on the plots grazed between 

 these dates being 1,278 pounds per acre. The vetch 

 should be credited with part of the growth made by the 

 pigs, with the hay produced as a second growth, and 

 with the improvement of the fertility of the land which 

 was very marked as measured by the gTowth of silage 

 com planted in June of the same year. 



Dwarf Essex Rape as Food for Shoats. 



From May 27 to June 23 ,1899, these same seven 

 shoats were maintained on drilled green rape and com 

 meal. During the first two weeks the rape was pulled 

 and carried to the.shoats, while during the latter period 

 the rape was grazed. The four weeks of rape feeding 

 will be treated as one period. 



The seven shoats averaged in weight at the begin- 

 ning of this period 41 pounds each. Thel area of drilled 

 rape used was 4190 square feet; corn meal was fed each 

 day, averaging 1.62 pounds per pig per day, or 317.6 

 pounds for the seven pigs in twenty-eight days. The 

 increase in weight was 103 pounds. Hence to make 

 one pound of gTowth required 3.1 pounds of com meal 

 and 40.5 square feet of rape pasture. This is at the 

 rate of 1078 pounds of growth for one acre of rape and 

 3324 pounds of corn meal. 



If we assume! that for shoats of this size fed on com 

 meal alone 5 pounds of this grain would have been re- 



