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that, as in certain Wisconsin experiments, 3;^ pounds 

 of skim millv are equal to one pound of com, we flud' 

 that per acre of peanuts, assisted by 2552 pounds of 

 grain or its equivalent there was made an increase of 

 942 pounds in live weight. Deducting the amount at- 

 tributable to the grain, 510 pounds, we have a balance 

 of 432 pounds of pork as the equivalent of one acre of 

 peanuts, then worth, at 4 cents per pound, |17.28. 



Peanuts and corn meal for shoats in 1902. — Another 

 litter of 7 shoats was penned on Spanish peanuts from 

 October 11, 1902 to November 2, 1902. Their average 

 weight at the beginning was nearly 100 pounds each. 

 They made a growth of 224.5 pounds while consuming 

 286 pounds of com meal and the peianuts on .47 of ani 

 acre. To produce a pound of growth required only 

 1.3 pounds of f\-ii. meal. This gain is at the rate of 

 486 pounds of li^e jxyrk per acre of peanuts assisted 

 by 632 pounds of com meal. Assuming that five 

 pounds of grain would make one pound of growth 

 we have left 360.5 pounds of growth which we may 

 attribute to one acre of peanuts alone. These shoats 

 were sold after further experimental feeding and 

 brought five cents on foot, making the acre of peanuts 

 worth 118.02. 



Gains made by very small pigs on j)eanuts alone. 



A litter of seven Poland China pigs was weaned Sep- 

 tember 4, 1901, and immediately hurdled on Spanish 

 peanuts. 



After a week allowed for them to become accustomed 

 to their new food, the experiment proper began, and 

 continued for six weeks, during which time no grain 

 was fed. The initial weight averaged 28.1 pounds. The 



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