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. .Peanuts and corn meal in 1899, second period. — For 

 five weeks certain of these pigs were hurdled on a field 

 of Spanish pt^anuts. During- the last three weeks of 

 this grazing period they gained in weight at the rate 

 of 293 pounds per acre of peanuts, assisted by 274 

 pounds of com meal, or one pound of growth for .94 

 of a pound of corn meal. Crediting the com mieal as 

 before we have left 247 pounds of pork, then worth |9.88, 

 as apparently attributable to one acre of peanuts. 



Gains made i;y younc; pigs ox chufas. 



From November 19 to December 17, 1898, nine Berk- 

 shire pigs were hurdled on a field of chufas where there 

 was only a poor stand of plants. They were also fed 

 a little grain, mixed com and cowpea meal, of which 

 only 262 pounds was fed during the four weeks. The 

 increase in weight was 121.1 pounds and the area grazed 

 over was 7986 square feet. This is at the rate of 660 

 pounds of live pork per acre of chufais assisted by 1429 

 pounds of grain or one pounid of growth for 2.17 pounds 

 of grain. Attributing one pound of growth to five pounds 

 of grain we have left 374 pounds of increase in live 

 weight as apparently due to one acre of peanuts alone. 

 Hogs were then selling at 3^ cents per pound on foot, so 

 that the acre of chufas when converted into pork waa 

 worth 113.09. 



PEANUTS VERSUS CHUFAS VERSUS MIXED GRAIN. 



Four lots of pigs ( from litters N and P. ) were fed for 

 twenty-five days, October 19 to November 13, 1900, as 

 follows: 



Lot A. — Spanish peanuts, grazed, and a half ration 

 of mixed grain. 



